Conservative Council to Give Private Care Homes £3.8m Extra a Year
Conservative controlled Staffordshire County Council has agreed an extra £3.8m a year for private residential care homes across the county.
The County Council have approved a 13.2% increase in the amount it pays for private care places, an average rise of £46 per week. The authority currently spends about £58m a year for 3,500 people in private homes and council-run care facilities.
Cllr Robbie Marshall, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, said, “Our review of fees for care homes for our vulnerable people has taken into account all of the relevant care costs.
“If someone needs residential or nursing care but is unable to pay for it, we must make arrangements to provide care in a place of the person’s choice.”
The council have also confirmed that the increase in fees will apply from the start of the current financial year, and will be backdated to the start of April 2013.
