Care home fee rates 2026-27
Case reference FOI2026/02152
Received 8 September 2026
Published 9 October 2026
Request
I am writing to request the standard weekly fee rates your authority pays to independent-sector care homes for older people in the 2026-27 financial year. Specifically, for each of the four categories below, please state the standard weekly rate effective in 2026-27:
1. Residential care — standard (2025-26: £693.38)
2. Residential care — dementia / EMI (2025-26: £693.38)
3. Nursing care — standard (2025-26: £790.94)
4. Nursing care — dementia / EMI (2025-26: £790.94) Please also answer the following, which take one line each:
5. Are the two nursing rates quoted INCLUSIVE or EXCLUSIVE of the NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) contribution?
6. Are the rates weekly or daily?
7. From what date do they take effect?
Where your authority pays a band or range rather than a single rate, please give the standard or most commonly paid rate and note the range. Where a category is not commissioned separately, please say so — that is a complete answer and I do not need an estimate.
Response
I am writing to request the standard weekly fee rates your authority pays to independent-sector care homes for older people in the 2026-27 financial year.
Specifically, for each of the four categories below, please state the standard weekly rate effective in 2026-27:
1. Residential care — standard (2025-26: £693.38)
2. Residential care — dementia / EMI (2025-26: £693.38)
Answer: £717.65 for both questions 1 and 2.
3. Nursing care — standard (2025-26: £790.94)
4. Nursing care — dementia / EMI (2025-26: £790.94)
Answer: £818.62 for both questions 3 and 4.
Please also answer the following, which take one line each:
5. Are the two nursing rates quoted INCLUSIVE or EXCLUSIVE of the NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) contribution?
Answer: EXCLUSIVE of FNC.
6. Are the rates weekly or daily?
Answer: Weekly.
7. From what date do they take effect?
Answer: Date of placement commencing.
Where your authority pays a band or range rather than a single rate, please give the standard or most commonly paid rate and note the range. Where a category is not commissioned separately, please say so — that is a complete answer and I do not need an estimate.
Documents
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