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Decision details

Care Home Fees 2022-23

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Paper setting out the proposed fee rates for Care Home placements from 1st April 2022

Decisions:

Councillor N Hoy introduced a report, which had bene circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval of Care Home and Day Care fees for 2022/23.

 

RESOLVED to:

 

1)    Increase the rate paid to independent sector residential care homes for the financial year 2022-23 by 6.1% per week;

 

2)    Increase the rate paid to independent sector nursing homes for the financial year 2022-23  by 6.1% per week;

 

3)    Make an inflationary payment of up to 6.1% for specialist care home placements where evidence is provided of inflationary pressures;

 

4)    Approve an updated fee rate of £45.38 per day (from £42.78 per day) for a day care placement in a care home;

 

5)    Increase the rates for in-house day care and residential care by 6.1%;

 

6)    Approve an updated dementia rate of £50.75 per week (from £47.81); and

 

7)    Approve an inflationary payment of up to 3% for well-performing block contracts in specific circumstances.

Report author: Colin Selbie

Publication date: 30/03/2022

Date of decision: 10/03/2022

Decided at meeting: 10/03/2022 - Cabinet

Effective from: 18/03/2022

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