Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Received a report seeking to ensure that the Careline service, which provides vulnerable residents with a speedy, telephonic assistance for emergency situations and aids independent living, is correctly targeted to those in need using transparent assessment criteria. The report also set out proposals to ensure that charges for the service are appropriate, recovering the full costs of the service, in line with the Council’s Policy on charging and providing care services.
Agreed the following in order to implement the Council’s Charging Policy and assist the Council in achieving its Community Priority of “Improving, Health, Housing and Social Care”:
Report author: Niall Bolger
Publication date: 01/08/2003
Date of decision: 29/07/2003
Decided at meeting: 29/07/2003 - Cabinet
Effective from: 07/08/2003
Accompanying Documents: