The Homecare Association announced its new calculation for the Minimum Price for Homecare of £23.20 per hour, effective from April 2022, when the UK’s statutory National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage increase.
For a 24/7 weekly care support package, the cost could therefore be just under £3,000.
In 2020/21, local authorities spent £7.8 billion on long-term support for older people, of which £4.8 billion was on nursing or residential care, £2.9 billion on community support, including home care
Each local authority has an amount which they will pay for a given care need. This might be an hourly rate for home care or a weekly fee for residential care. Not all care providers will accept this r
Last year, the average hourly rate paid by local authorities for externally commissioned home care fell 1.1% from £18.65 to £18.44. Source: Social Care 360 – The Kings Fund