Residential care fees
Case reference FOI2021/00100
Published 11 November 2021
Request
I am making this Freedom of Information request to ask about fee rates which are being paid by your council to support older people (65+) in independent sector care homes. These are the questions:
1. What is the average weekly fee (to the nearest £) currently (financial year 2021/22) being paid by your Council to support older (65+) residents of independent sector care homes in a) residential care and b) nursing care?
Note: average weekly nursing care fees should be stated net of NHS FNC payable by CCGs (or the equivalent in devolved administrations) and gross of user charges *
2. How many older (65+) residents are you currently** supporting in independent sector care homes for a) residential care and b) nursing care***?
3. How many older (65+) residents are you currently** supporting in local authority operated residential care homes***?
4. What do you expect to be the average percentage uplift for 2022/23 in the average weekly fee rates your authority pays to independent sector care homes for care of older (65+) residents?
Notes: * Illustrative example: Gross fee received by nursing home £988 pw Less NHS FNC (payable by CCGs or equivalent) - £188 pw (rounded) Council paid nursing care fee net of NHS FNC and gross of user charges £800 pw User charges - £200 pw Net cost to Council £600
**Latest available figure
***Include full cost payers, if any
Response
**Latest available figure
***Include full cost payers, if any
Q1 What is the average weekly fee (to the nearest £) currently (financial year 2021/22) being paid by your Council to support older (65+) residents of independent sector care homes in a) residential care and b) nursing care?
Note: average weekly nursing care fees should be stated net of NHS FNC payable by CCGs (or the equivalent in devolved administrations) and gross of user charges *
Residential care:
Average cost - £602
Minimum cost - £397
Maximum cost - £1,773
Nursing care:
Average cost - £627
Minimum cost - £482
Maximum cost - £1,384
Please note that the above figures include permanent, short and respite stays.
Q2 How many older (65+) residents are you currently** supporting in independent sector care homes for a) residential care and b) nursing care***?
Residential care - 307
Nursing care - 270
Please note that the above figures include permanent, short and respite stays.
Q3 How many older (65+) residents are you currently** supporting in local authority operated residential care homes***?
As of 3 November we are supporting 15 older (65+) residents.
Q4 What do you expect to be the average percentage uplift for 2022/23 in the average weekly fee rates your authority pays to independent sector care homes for care of older (65+) residents?
No decision has yet been made and as such this information is not held.
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