STAGE 2 – FEASIBILITY EVALUATION

GENERAL INFO
Service Area / Self Funders project
Lead Officer / Gaynor Abrams / Contact details
DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT
Idea / Concept / A partnership between NHFA, Help the Aged Care Fees Advice and NCC raising awareness and making information and advice more accessible to self funders. Encourage individuals and their families to seek specialist care fees advice when obtaining and paying for long term care. The programme is to be completed by end March 2010, with an efficiency saving of £0.25million to be identified for NCC.
Does this fit with National policy and legislation?
Solutions & Option appraisal
Answer these 5 questions;
How would you make the change?
What are the positive and negative impacts of the suggested change upon;
- service users
- carers
- property usage
- Dept performance - quality of service
- our partners
Are there any personnel implications;
- no’ of jobs lost / redundancies
- no’ of potential redeployment
- no’ of additional staff required
Are there any legal implications?
What are the risks & issues? / Increase awareness through presentations, posters, mailers. Working closely with Welfare Rights, DWP and external parties.
Provide advice and information to service users and their families and showing, where possible, how to fund their chosen care without running out of money and preserving capital.
Reduction of service users reaching the means test level and requiring L.A. funding.
A reduction of service users approaching the council for funding which costs the council around £2m each year.
Care provider is able to receive full payment.
No
No
If information and advice is not made more easily accessible, the cost to the council will increase over time due to the ageing population.
FINANCIAL BASELINE
Budgetary spend in last financial year
(Capital & Revenue)
Current spend and projection for year end
(Capital & Revenue)
Estimate of efficiencies to be delivered
(Capital & Revenue) / 2009/10 / £250K
2010/11
2011/12
Ongoing
Effort (Please estimate the time / cost of effort to take this concept forward eg. Will it take 30 hours of time at Hay Band C, new equipment etc..) / Transition costs
Ongoing costs
Consultation (Will a consultation process be required if so in what format and when) / Yes No
Brief Details:
PLANNING FOR NEXT STAGE
Support & Resource requirements / Will you require support from the Dept Efficiency team to facilitate solution planning?
Will you require any other support to take the development concept forward?
If so, what ………………………………………………… / Yes No
Yes No
Timelines (How long will it take to deliver the concept) / 0–3 mths 3–6 mths 6-12 mths 1 yr + 2 yr +
CONLUSIONS
Recommendation / Minor concept - take forward to solution planning
Major concept – full business case to be undertaken
Rejected (please state why below)
General comments / SLT Agreement
Yes
No
Project Reference
ASCH/