flat cash definition
flat cash settlement for this year means no HSCP budget uplift to meet the extra costs of wage rises or fuel bills, so something has to give. “We’re having to introduce an eligibility criteria that we have never done before because we wanted to focus on prevention,” says Julie. “But that means we’re going to have to work with our Third Sector partners to use all the resources we have in a different way. We’re probably going to be purchasing less because we’ve got less money – so how can we work in a sustainable way?”