Lobby, lobby, lobby!
The impact of the proposed NIC increases equates to £615 extra for all employees working over 8 hrs per week. Also, members may want to consider the impact of the NLW increases due next April:
- Will the increase affect all my employees and my wages bill (by 77p)?
- What am I spending now on my wages bill and what additionally as a result of the budget?
These will be useful considerations to help your individual cause and service when lobbying in your local areas.
Please can you share this petition widely within your services, friends and family – 100,000 signatures required at which point the petition will be considered for debate in Parliament. The link- https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700080
At time of writing, signatures stand at over 17,000, so let’s keep going! The link also being shared via RCPA social media; please visit and share!
As PMQ breaking today and Leader of opposition asked how £600million will be allocated for ASC and no mention of ring-fenced funding for providers which will in turn increase costs for local authorities. The RCPA continues to participate in national and regional discussions through various alliances, has written to Somerset Council and senior leads with Sft/ICB (who were invited to yesterday’s conference). Any govt funding by the time it reaches Somerset will be appx £6million and won’t even begin to touch the sides. We would like to know how ASC providers can sustain services during this existential crisis whilst simultaneously asking to be included in high level discussions around allocation of any funding and is applied where it has most impact, i.e. across an efficient and effective independent sector who have always supported the NHS through discharges and can only continue to do so if funds are forthcoming via a level playing field.
