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Care
Home Fee Uplift
 
Appendices C and G
of this
report are exempt from publication on the basis that it contains
information of the description set out in paragraphs 14 and 21 of
Part 4 of schedule 12 A of the Local Government Act 1972 and
in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in
maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in
disclosing the information.
 
Appendix H of this report is exempt from
publication on the basis that it contains information of the
description set out in paragraph 16 of schedule 12A of the Local
Government Act 1972
AGREED: that
 
Care
Homes for Older People
 
·       
the new published rates set out in the table below
be authorised for placements for Cardiff Care Homes for Older
People, which includes the Real Living Wage and National Insurance
contribution uplift.
 
 

Proposed Published Rates
(Excluding FNC)

 2025/26
 

% increase

General Residential

£1,041.94

6.48

General Nursing

£1,079.88

6.48

Dementia Residential

£1,122.66

6.48

Dementia Nursing

£1,165.54

6.48

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

·       
that all
current placements that are below the proposed 2025/26 published
rates will be uplifted to the new published rates.
·       
that
placements that are currently above the new published rates will
not receive an uplift.
 
Care Homes
for Other Population Groups
 

·       
a percentage
uplift of 6.48% be authorised for all placements for people with a
Learning Disability which includes the real Living Wage uplift and
reflects the increase in National Insurance contributions.

·       
all other
placement types associated with other population groups (i.e.
Mental Health, Substance Misuse and Physical Disability Placements)
an increase is 6.48%, unless this would increase the rate higher
than the published rate for older persons' residential or nursing
care. In that case, an increase will only be given if the service
is considered specialist, offering more than what is typically
provided by older persons' care homes.
 
Out of
County Care Home Placements for Care Homes for Older
People
 
·       
the host local authority agreed placement rate be
agreed for out of county placements. However, the increase will not
exceed 6.48% which is the maximum uplift we are awarding except in
exceptional circumstances.
 
Out of
County Care Home Placements for Other Population Groups
 
·       
an uplift for out of county placements be authorised
for other population groups, that is based on either the lowest of
the host authority agreed rate; the uplift requested by the
provider or 6.48%, whichever is the lowest rate.
 
Administration of Uplifts
 
·       
Subject to recommendations being approved, payment
of the uplifts is backdated as usual, to take effect from
1st April 2025 in respect of all contracts.
 
Variation
in Contract
·       
a Variation of
Contract Form be authorised and issued to
providers for the Real Living Wage (located
at Appendix A), to secure their agreement to continue to pay
eligible staff at least the Real Living Wage from 1 April
2025.