Dear Member, I am writing to inform you of the result of the Members Vote which closed on Friday and which the Scottish Care Executive Committee considered late yesterday afternoon. The result of the Vote was in favour of Option 2 which was to accept the elements of the Care Home Cost Model (CHCM) as agreed with COSLA. Further the vote in accepting that the CHCM was unable to be completed has instructed the Executive to enter into negotiation with COSLA on the following areas:
- The issue of occupancy
- The issue of efficiency
- The level of return for the provision of a complaint care home room – capital return
- The level of providers return for the provision of the care home service.
I have written to inform COSLA of the vote and to ask them to agree to the above areas for negotiation and to commence these as soon as is practicable. In addition, it was agreed that, alongside this negotiation stage, Scottish Care and Scotland Excel should complete the work required on the Residential Model and thereafter to populate models for both Nursing and Residential once the National Minimum Wage is announced. Further updates will be placed on the Members area of the website and members are encouraged to raise any questions that you may have on the Discussion Board which can be found there. Kind regards Dr Donald Macaskill CEO, Scottish Care
