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NHS funded nursing care rate to be reduced
The Department for Health (DH) has announced that the NHS-funded nursing care standard rate is being reduced to £155.05 from 1 April 2017.
The reduction follows a review of agency costs by Mazars LLP in 2017.
Currently, registered nursing care for eligible nursing home residents is funded by the NHS, with the standard weekly rate per patient currently set at £156.25. This was a 40 per cent increase on the 2015 to 2016 rate following an earlier review of the overall rate by Mazars in 2016.
According to a statement from the DH, in line with Mazars’ latest evidence on agency costs, the government will now reduce the agency cost component of the rate by £3.29 to allow for lower agency costs. This reduction is partially offset by an uplift in the remainder of the rate by 1.7 per cent to reflect overall nursing wage pressures.
The news comes as the DH plans to consult on the introduction of a regional rate of NHS-funded nursing care ahead of future rate change announcements.
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