Elderly care home local authority fee rate request 2023/24

20 July 2023

Your request

We are looking to obtain an indication of the standard local authority fees your council pays for eligible elderly people in care homes or, if no standard flat rate is paid, an indication of the minimum/maximum/average rates paid for each category of care listed below. 

2023/24 financial year rates:

1. Personal care / residential, elderly frail

2. Personal care / residential, elderly dementia

3. Nursing, elderly frail

4. Nursing, elderly dementia

 Please could you also state if your quoted nursing fees are inclusive or exclusive of the current NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) contribution.

Our response

2023/24 financial year rates:

Min

Max

Average

1. Personal care / residential, elderly frail

419.3

1,316.28

743.12

2. Personal care / residential, elderly dementia

497.14

2,053.38

846.59

3. Nursing, elderly frail

513.87

1,880.69

885.29

4. Nursing, elderly dementia

536.2

1,550.00

925.18

All figures are net of FNC. Any nursing rates are usually provided net of FNC unless specifically asked for.