Care home placements for people aged 65+
Case reference FOI2026/00317
Received 5 February 2026
Published 7 April 2026
Request
Please report all fees without Funded Nursing Contribution (FNC).
1. Who within the Local Authority, has the commissioning responsibility for care home placements for older people (aged 65+)? Please provide their:
a. Name
b. Job title
c. Telephone number
d. Email address
2. Please provide the gross total expenditure on older person’s (age 65+) services for financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 (actual) and financial year 2025/26 (projected):
For question 2a, please provide total spend on personal social services for people aged 65+. This will include spend on residential, nursing, and domiciliary care (2b, 2c, and 2d) as well as other social care for older people such as day services, etc
a. Gross total expenditure on older person's (65+) services
b. Gross total expenditure on residential home placements (65+)
c. Gross total expenditure on nursing home placements (65+)
d. Gross total expenditure on domiciliary care/home care (65+)
3. Please provide figures for the total number of older people (aged 65 and over) that the council has funded during the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 (actual), and 2025/26 (projected). This should include both new placements made during each year and ongoing placements funded by the council:
a. Residential care
b. Residential dementia care
c. Nursing care
d. Nursing dementia care
e. Domiciliary care/home care
4. Please provide the total number of adults (aged 18-64) with a primary need of dementia (including early-onset dementia), funded by the LA, receiving long-term nursing care in a care home, for the financial year 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 (projected), broken down by the following weekly fee bands:
a. Under £2,000 per week
b. Over £2,000 per week
5. Please provide a list of all providers with which the LA is funding older people (aged 65+) with dementia receiving nursing care in care homes, where the cost of care exceeds £2,000 per week.
6. Please provide the highest, average (mean), lowest weekly fees paid for care home placements for older people (aged 65+) in financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 (actual) and 2025/26 (projected):
a. Older person’s residential
b. Older person’s residential dementia
c. Older person’s nursing
d. Older person’s nursing dementia
7. Please provide the set or banded weekly fees paid for care home placements for older people (aged 65+) in financial year 2023/24, 2024/25 (actual) and 2025/26:
a. Older person’s residential
b. Older person’s residential dementia
c. Older person’s nursing
d. Older person’s nursing dementia
8. Please provide the proposed average percentage uplift to the weekly rate paid by the council between 2024/25 and 2025/26:
a. Older person’s residential
b. Older person’s residential dementia
c. Older person’s nursing
d. Older person’s nursing dementia
Response
Please report all fees without Funded Nursing Contribution (FNC).
1. Who within the Local Authority, has the commissioning responsibility for care home placements for older people (aged 65+)? Please provide their:
a. Name
b. Job title
c. Telephone number
d. Email address
A: Ros Murphy
Commissioning Manager
01432 261000
Contracts@herefordshire.gov.uk
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2. Please provide the gross total expenditure on older person’s (age 65+) services for financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 (actual) and financial year 2025/26 (projected):
For question 2a, please provide total spend on personal social services for people aged 65+. This will include spend on residential, nursing, and domiciliary care (2b, 2c, and 2d) as well as other social care for older people such as day services, etc
a. Gross total expenditure on older person's (65+) services
b. Gross total expenditure on residential home placements (65+)
c. Gross total expenditure on nursing home placements (65+)
d. Gross total expenditure on domiciliary care/home care (65+)
A: Please see below:
3. Please provide figures for the total number of older people (aged 65 and over) that the council has funded during the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 (actual), and 2025/26 (projected). This should include both new placements made during each year and ongoing placements funded by the council:
a. Residential care
b. Residential dementia care
c. Nursing care
d. Nursing dementia care
e. Domiciliary care/home care
A:
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2023-24 |
2024-25 |
2025-26 |
Comments |
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413 |
446 |
441 |
Figures include all 65+ Permanent Residential service users during the period while for 2025/26 the numbers are from April 1st to Jan 31st. |
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a. |
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32 |
29 |
29 |
Figures include all 65+ Permanent Residential service users with PSR Mental Health Support during the period while for 2025/26 the numbers are from April 1st to Jan 31st. |
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b. |
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344 |
349 |
319 |
Figures include all 65+ Permanent Nursing service users during the period while for 2025/26 the numbers are from April 1st to Jan 31st. |
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c. |
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16 |
10 |
7 |
Figures include all 65+ Permanent Nursing service users with PSR Mental Health Support during the period while for 2025/26 the numbers are from April 1st to Jan 31st. |
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d. |
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e. |
677 |
868 |
858 |
Figures include all 65+ Domiciliary Care service users during the period while for 2025/26 the numbers are from April 1st to Jan 31st. |
4. Please provide the total number of adults (aged 18-64) with a primary need of dementia (including early-onset dementia), funded by the LA, receiving long-term nursing care in a care home, for the financial year 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 (projected), broken down by the following weekly fee bands:
a. Under £2,000 per week
b. Over £2,000 per week
A:
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2023-24 |
2024-25 |
2025-26 |
Comments |
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a. |
16 |
10 |
7 |
Figures include all 65+ Permanent Nursing service users where weekly cost is under £2,000 with PSR Mental Health Support during the period while for 2025/26 the numbers are from April 1st to Jan 31st. |
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|
|
|
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b. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Figures include all 65+ Permanent Nursing service users where weekly cost is over £2,000 with PSR Mental Health Support during the period while for 2025/26 the numbers are from April 1st to Jan 31st. |
5. Please provide a list of all providers with which the LA is funding older people (aged 65+) with dementia receiving nursing care in care homes, where the cost of care exceeds £2,000 per week.
A:
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2023-24 |
2024-25 |
2025-26 |
Comments |
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Number of providers
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Nill |
Nill |
Nill |
Figures include all 65+ Permanent Nursing service users where weekly cost is over £2,000 with PSR Mental Health Support during the period while for 2025/26 the numbers are from April 1st to Jan 31st. |
6. Please provide the highest, average (mean), lowest weekly fees paid for care home placements for older people (aged 65+) in financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 (actual) and 2025/26 (projected):
a. Older person’s residential
b. Older person’s residential dementia
c. Older person’s nursing
d. Older person’s nursing dementia
A:
7. Please provide the set or banded weekly fees paid for care home placements for older people (aged 65+) in financial year 2023/24, 2024/25 (actual) and 2025/26:
a. Older person’s residential
b. Older person’s residential dementia
c. Older person’s nursing
d. Older person’s nursing dementia
A: With regards to 7a and 7c, This information is publicly available on Herefordshire Council’s website. Please note that Herefordshire Council does not differentiate rates for dementia, therefore 7b and 7d would be the same response as 7a and 7c.
Please see:
For 23/24: Issue details - Care Providers Annual Fee Review 2023 – 2024 - Herefordshire Council
For 24/25: Issue details - Care Providers Annual Fee Review 2024-25 - Herefordshire Council
For 25/26: Decision - Care Providers Annual Fee Review 2025-26 - Herefordshire Council
As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
8. Please provide the proposed average percentage uplift to the weekly rate paid by the council between 2024/25 and 2025/26:
a. Older person’s residential
b. Older person’s residential dementia
c. Older person’s nursing
d. Older person’s nursing dementia
A: This information is publicly available on Herefordshire Council’s website.
Please see:
For 24/25: Issue details - Care Providers Annual Fee Review 2024-25 - Herefordshire Council
For 25/26: Decision - Care Providers Annual Fee Review 2025-26 - Herefordshire Council
As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
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