Freedom of information response
Residential and Nursing Care
Q1: Please complete the following table for Residential and Nursing Care Home Fees for people over the age of 65:
Notes:
• All fees should exclude FNC and Top-Up payments but include any other resident contributions which make up the Local Authority fee.
• Minimum fee is the lowest base, starting rate or lowest rate paid for each care type.
• Maximum fee is the highest fee or cap to any fee or rate paid for each care type.
• Average fee is the average weekly fee paid during the month of April 2022 for each care type.
• Number of placements is the number of residents who make up the average fee by care type.
• Where different care types are used, such as care bandings, tier rates, or other fee structures, the minimum, maximum and average fee should be provided for the alternative care type used – see Q3 below.
Care Type Minimum or base weekly 2022/23 Fee Maximum weekly 2022/23 fee (if fees form part of a range) Date fee was last uplifted* Average weekly fee paid for all residents during April 2022 Number of placements the Average fee relates to
Nursing
Nursing with Dementia
Residential (without Nursing)
Residential (without Nursing) with Dementia
*If Fees have not yet been uplifted for 2022/23, please state the planned or estimated date of the 2022/23 annual fee uplift.
Q2: Please provide a copy of your 2022/23 fee uplift letter sent to providers outlining your approach to inflation, the decision regarding the uplift, and what the rates and/or percentage uplifts are. Where you have not yet offered a fee uplift for 2022/23, please state when this will be communicated, and who we can contact at that time to request a copy of the uplift letter/correspondence. If you were an authority which brought forward your uplift for 2022/23, please indicate this and provide the letter explaining the approach to providers.
Q3: Where you operate banded/tier rates or have multiple, or a range of rates for each care type, please indicate as such and provide the rate bandings or ranges and a link or explanation to how these are applied. Where possible this should follow the format in Q1 for Minimum, Maximum, Average and the number of placements.
Q4: Please outline your approach to care homes paying the National Living Wage, Real Living Wage or any other local variations or premiums associated to Care home staff pay and how this impacts the care provider in respect of the rates paid should they adopt different pay structures directed by the Council and if they choose not to do so.
Q5: To avoid further FOI’s, please provide a link to your website we can share with members where information relating to care home fees are published.
1.
|
Care Type |
Minimum or base weekly 2022/23 Fee |
Maximum weekly 2022/23 fee (if fees form part of a range) |
Date fee was last uplifted* |
Average weekly fee paid for all residents during April 2022 |
Number of placements the Average fee relates |
|
Nursing |
516.08 |
2856.00 |
* |
765.38 |
31 |
|
Residential (without nursing) |
462.00 |
2606.00 |
* |
656.23 |
240 |
|
Residential (without Nursing) with dementia |
538.51 |
750.00 |
* |
621.23 |
75 |
* We do not split out packages for nursing between nursing with and without dementia… therefore the figures provided are for all nursing placements and dementia placements separately.
2. Please provide a copy of your 2022/23 fee uplift letter sent to providers outlining your approach to inflation, the decision regarding the uplift, and what the rates and/or percentage uplifts are. Where you have not yet offered a fee uplift for 2022/23, please state when this will be communicated, and who we can contact at that time to request a copy of the uplift letter/correspondence. If you were an authority which brought forward your uplift for 2022/23, please indicate this and provide the letter explaining the approach to providers.
We cannot share copies of individual letters, but we can confirm that providers located in Thurrock were given a 5.67% uplift in 2022/23, this uplift was backdated to the 1st January 2022. For people placed outside of Thurrock we pay host authority rates for care homes for older adults so we honour their uplifts
3: Where you operate banded/tier rates or have multiple, or a range of rates for each care type, please indicate as such and provide the rate bandings or ranges and a link or explanation to how these are applied. Where possible this should follow the format in Q1 for Minimum, Maximum, Average and the number of placements.
As you have asked for averages this will not correlate as only pertains to Thurrock homes, not homes located outside of the borough
4. Please outline your approach to care homes paying the National Living Wage, Real Living Wage or any other local variations or premiums associated to Care home staff pay and how this impacts the care provider in respect of the rates paid should they adopt different pay structures directed by the Council and if they choose not to do so.
We obviously insist on providers paying minimum wage as to not do so would be illegal, we do not have additional stipulations
5. To avoid further FOI’s, please provide a link to your website we can share with members where information relating to care home fees are published.
This is not published on our website
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