Issue details

On 22^nd May the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) published details of the ADULT SOCIAL CARE INFECTION CONTROL FUND RING-FENCED GRANT 2020.

£600m of funding is being paid to local authorities to pass onto care providers to spend on a range of stipulated measures to help control the spread of the COVID-19 infection in care home and other care settings.

Surrey County Council (SCC) is receiving £19.178m of funding.

SCC is required to pay 75% of this funding (£14.384m) directly to all care homes in Surrey on a ‘per registered care bed’ basis in line with the stipulated grant conditions (see enclosed DHSC Grant Circular for more information).  Key among these conditions is for each care home to register on the national Capacity Tracker and complete it on a consistent basis.

SCC has discretion over how to allocate the remaining 25% (4.794m) across care providers in Surrey to support infection control measures. Surrey’s Adult Social Care (ASC) is working closely with the Surrey Care Association and other partners to agree the best use of this funding within the grant conditions.

Grant funding is being paid to SCC in two equal instalments.  The first instalment was paid on 27^th May 2020.  The second instalment is due to be paid in July 2020, although this is dependent on the government being satisfied that the first instalment has been spent in line with the specified grant conditions.

A delegated decision paper was previously agreed on 9^th June 2020 to confirm that SCC would disburse the first 75% of Infection Control Fund grant funding to all care homes in Surrey in line with the grant conditions.

This paper confirms use of the remaining 25% of funding.