Fairer Contributions Policy – What are your views?
Bristol City Council has begun a consultation with people in receipt of services provided as part of a Health and Social Care (HSC) care plan. The council is consulting on proposed changes to the way that people would make a contribution towards the cost of the services they recieve.
The council states that it is 'proposing these changes to ensure that all service users make a fair contribution, regardless of their age, impairment or specific service/support plan' and that this would be more equitable than the current situation where some people are more likely to be paying a contribution than others because of the services they use.
Individual service users and organisations representing service users are currently being invited to take part in the 'Fairer Contributions' consultation. As well as welcoming written responses, the council is planning two meetings for organisations and forums representing service users and carers. In order to allow for different needs there will be one evening and one day time meeting.
The deadline for replies to the consultation is Friday 22 October 2010.
For further information queries or issues you wish to raise for individual service users, please email fairer.contributions@bristol.gov.uk
For queries about the process, please contact Mel Rogers, Planning & Commissioning Manager on 0117 352 1133 (Wednesday – Friday)
Click here to see the Fairer Contributions Survey
