The Department of Health and Social Security has said that “a significant number of local authorities are paying residential and domiciliary care providers less than it costs to deliver the care received.”
As a result, it has announced £1.4bn in funding from 2022-25 for councils to “move towards a fair cost of care”, in return for which they must conduct cost of care exercises to determine sustainable rates for providers and increase fees accordingly.
Ian Trenholm, chief executive of the care regulator the Care Quality Commission has said that the profitability of care homes remained at ‘historically low levels’ in 2022/23. Using information from i
The government has increased funding for adult social care to help tackle NHS pressures this winter by £10m. Councils will be able to bid from a pot of £40m – up from £30m – for cash to help prevent h
Some self-funders are going without some of the home care they needed because of the cost of living crisis and increased provider fees. Staffing shortages are resulting in providers deprioritising les