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DoH to increase NHS-funded nursing care rate
The Department of Health (DoH) has announced that the NHS contribution towards the costs of place in a care home with nursing will be increased on an interim basis, to £156.25.
The new rates for eligible care home residents assessed to require the help of a registered nurse will consist of a standard rate of £156.25 per week and a higher rate of £215.04 per week (this is only relevant for those people who were already on the higher rate in 2007 when the single band was introduced).
Currently, registered nursing care for eligible nursing home residents is funded by the NHS and the weekly rate per patient is set at £112. The government’s changes follow an independent review by Mazars LLP, which recommended increasing the rate of NHS-funded nursing care by 40 per cent.
Following the acceptance of the recommendation clinical commissioning groups will now pay a national rate of £156.25.
In a statement, the DoH said: “The new rate is being paid on an interim basis while further work is done to review the element of the rate for agency nursing staff.”
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