Issue - meetings
Extension of Carer Support Service contract with Age UK Oxfordshire
Meeting: 19/09/2023 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care (Item 5.)
5. Extension of Carer Support Service Contract with Action For Carers Oxfordshire 
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Contact: Ian Bottomley, Lead Commissioner – Age Well, ian.bottomley@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Corporate Director: Adult Social Care (CMDASC5).
Statutory provision of support to unpaid carer - support contract.
The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to
a) Agree that the Carer Support Service contract is extended for two years from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2026. Scope for service improvements have been identified and Commissioners will work with the Provider to deliver these.
b) Agree that there should be a further review of the scope, purpose and amounts that Oxfordshire County Council and BOB Integrated Care Board commits in Carers’ Personal Budgets as a separate exercise. Further recommendations will be reviewed in the Adult Social Care Directorate Leadership Team and Council and Integrated Care Board Joint Commissioning Executive and agreed for implementation from April 2024 in line with each organisation’s scheme of delegation.
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Decision:
Recommendations approved.