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Allocation of Workforce Recruitment and Retention Funding issued by the Department of Health and Social Care in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

 

 

With the approval of the Chairman of the Adults and Health Scrutiny Committee, the urgency procedure and waiver of call-in procedure have been invoked to suspend the requirement to publish notice of the decision for 28 days and to suspend the three day call-in period. These procedures have been invoked because the Government recently announced a significant level of grant funding until March 2022 to support the adult social care sector to continue to delivery continuity of care to service users in the face of growing recruitment and retention challenges. The government have requested that funding is allocated as quickly as possible. This combined with growing pressure on workforce capacity locally means it is imperative that the Council distributes the funding prior to Christmas to mitigate a risk of staff reduction in the lead up to the holiday period.

 

The Cabinet Member allocated the Workforce Recruitment and Retention Grant issued by central government, totalling £537,375, to CQC Registered Care Home and Community Providers in contract with Peterborough City Council.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure or savings greater than £500,000;

Decision status:

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 30/11/2021

This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.

Reason for urgency:
With the approval of the Chairman of the Adults and Health Scrutiny Committee, the urgency procedure and waiver of call-in procedure have been invoked to suspend the requirement to publish notice of the decision for 28 days and to suspend the three day call-in period. These procedures have been invoked because the Government recently announced a significant level of grant funding until March 2022 to support the adult social care sector to continue to delivery continuity of care to service users in the face of growing recruitment and retention challenges. The government have requested that funding is allocated as quickly as possible. This combined with growing pressure on workforce capacity locally means it is imperative that the Council distributes the funding prior to Christmas to mitigate a risk of staff reduction in the lead up to the holiday period.

Decision due: 8 Dec 2021 by Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Health and Public Health

Lead member: Councillor Irene Walsh, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Health and Public Health irene.walsh@peterborough.gov.uk

Lead director: Executive Director People Services PCC & CCC

Department: People Services

Contact: Shauna Torrance, Tel: 07887631808; Email:  shauna.torrance@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

Relevant Scrutiny Committee: Adults and Health Scrutiny Committee

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