Question reference: S5W-29292
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 21 May 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost per week is to keep a person in a care home, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) integration joint board area.
Answer
Since 2006, a National Care Home Contract has been in place, which defines the terms of local authority (publicly) funded placements into private or voluntary sector care homes across Scotland.
The information requested in not available broken down by NHS Board or Integration Joint Board. However, the National Care Home Census, published by Public Health Scotland includes details of the average gross weekly charge for long stay residents in care Homes for older people in Scotland, with and without Nursing Care, by source of funding. This information can be found at:
Furthermore, agreement on the National Care Home contract for 2020-21 was reached between local government and Scottish Care - this has seen a 3.5% increase in the rate.
From 6 April 2020 the 2020-21 standard rates for publicly funded service users are:
? £714.90 a week for nursing care
? £614.07 a week for residential care