Survey claims care homes will receive just 0.5% more funding than last year

A survey by Laing & Buisson published today claims that local councils in England will provide care homes with on average just 0.5% more funding than last year. This is despite care home costs rising by an estimated 2.1%.

There were clear variations in funding offered by councils around the regions. A total of 186 out of the 208 local councils with social services responsibilities in the UK responded to the survey. Baseline fee rates are the weekly, per resident amounts offered to independent sector care homes by councils with social services responsibilities.