Service Reviews â Outline Business Case - Somerset County Council
Service Reviews â Outline Business Case - Somerset County Council
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(Cabinet – 2 May 2012)<br />
1.2 Key <strong>Service</strong> Information<br />
The key information used in the development of this <strong>Outline</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Case</strong> is<br />
shown in Table 1, below:<br />
Funding arrangements<br />
Commissioning arrangements<br />
Pooled budget with NHS. Funding ratio is 75% SCC and<br />
25% NHS.<br />
Commissioned in-house through SLA<br />
2012/13 Gross Budget/net Gross £32,219,090<br />
Net £28,480,100<br />
2012/13 Direct delivery costs £26,438,080<br />
2012/13 Operational<br />
overheads<br />
£2,042,020<br />
Customers Approximately 908 adults with learning disabilities and 800<br />
carers<br />
Summary of customer views<br />
Number of staff delivering<br />
service<br />
Potential pensions<br />
crystallisation costs<br />
Key partners<br />
Statutory basis of services<br />
Demographic context<br />
Policy context<br />
Constraints<br />
<strong>Outline</strong>d within paper<br />
1,218 staff (965.95 FTE) employed by <strong>Somerset</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong><br />
Awaiting figure following analysis of current staff<br />
NHS <strong>Somerset</strong>/Clinical Commissioning Group, <strong>Somerset</strong><br />
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust<br />
The main acts are listed below, please see Appendix B for<br />
further details:<br />
• The National Assistance Act 1948<br />
• The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970<br />
• The NHS and Community Care Act 1990<br />
• The Mental Capacity Act 2005<br />
• The Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000<br />
• The Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004<br />
• Health and Social Care Act 2008<br />
The number of adults with learning disabilities is projected<br />
to increase by 4.15% by 2014 and by 15.74% in those<br />
aged 65 and over. The improved survival rates of people<br />
with severe disabilities will have an impact and it will be<br />
important to develop an appropriate response to improving<br />
services for people with autism<br />
Valuing People (2001) 3 and Valuing People Now (2009) 4<br />
New white paper for Adult Social Care and revised<br />
legislation later in 2012<br />
Restrictions to the use of Direct Payments linked to the<br />
3 http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4009153<br />
4 http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_093377<br />
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