NHS-funded nursing care rate announced

The NHS-funded nursing care standard weekly rate per patient will increase by 4.7 per cent to £165.56 for the 2019 to 2020 financial year.

The Department of Health and Social Care says that the higher rate of NHS-funded nursing care will also increase by 4.7 per cent from the current rate of £217.59 to £227.77 per week for 2019 to 2020.

Registered nursing care is funded by the NHS for eligible nursing home residents. These rates are based on an independent study of the costs of providing nursing care, undertaken by LaingBuisson.

The findings of the study have been combined with a 3.1 per cent efficiency expectation of nursing home providers, and an expectation that no more than 10 per cent of nursing hours are delivered by agency nurses.

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This story was first published in digitalhealth.net

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