Talks are taking place between adult social care providers in Trafford and the council over increases in costs to vulnerable people forced by inflation. Trafford council has set a timetable for discussions over 'inflationary uplifts' in the cost of care, based on the consumer price index (CPI) figure which has yet to be announced. It is widely expected to be 7.4 per cent.
Providers, who also deliver care to people living at home, will also be impacted by -yet-to-be-announced increases in the National Minimum Wage, which currently stands at £9.50 an hour and the Real Living Wage, which rises to £10.90 in April, 2023.
Trafford council's executive member for adult social care Coun Katrina Carter has told an executive committee meeting that the authority's decision-makers are under a legal duty to have 'due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination against home care recipients, as well as providers' staff'.
