Standard Local Authority Fees - Adult Social Care - Find a freedom of information request

Request

We are a company that provides consultancy advice within the elderly care sector.

We are looking to obtain an indication of the standard local authority fees Lincolnshire County Council pays for eligible elderly people in care homes or, if no standard flat rate is paid, an indication of the minimum/maximum/average rates paid for each category of care listed below.

This is normally information that the local Commissioning Team or Adult Social Care Finance Team are able to supply.

2021/22 financial year rates:

1. Personal care / residential, elderly frail

2. Personal care / residential, elderly dementia

3. Nursing, elderly frail

4. Nursing, elderly dementia (Please could you also state if your quoted nursing fees are inclusive or exclusive of the current NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) contribution.)

Decision

1. £533

2. Lincolnshire County Council don’t have this type of rate

3. £588 + FNC from Health and Continence if it applies

4. Lincolnshire County Council don’t have this type of rate

Reference number
1372834
Date request received
09 April 2021
Date of decision
20 April 2021