Launch of Provider Engagement on the Older Persons' (65+) Care Homes Fee Model and 2025 Fees Uplift
Devon County Council has initiated a period of provider engagement regarding the proposed fee model for Older Persons’ Care Home placements for the 2025/26 financial year and 2025 Fees Uplift.
The engagement period will run for 6 weeks from Monday 10th February, closing at midnight on Sunday 23rd March 2025. We are engaging on and welcome your comments on the four key components below:
1. Care Home Rates and Bespoke Pricing
2. Uplift
3. Service Specification
4. Service Descriptors (Residential & Social Care Nursing)
Documents included in the pack:
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Component |
Access Link |
Applicable to |
Document status |
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Older Persons Fee Model Engagement Report 2025 |
Link to access the Older Persons Fee model engagement report 2025 |
(this document will apply to all clients aged 18 years and over in relation to the Uplift, but in relation to Care Home Rates, it only applies to clients over 65 years in an older person’s care home) |
For engagement feedback on the elements of:
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Service Descriptors (Residential and Social Care Nursing) |
(this pricing mechanism will apply to clients aged 65 years and over and People who have needs which can be met in a care home setting which is predominately used for people 65 and over) |
For engagement feedback |
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Service Specification |
(this specification will apply to all clients aged 18 years and over) |
For engagement feedback |
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Key Performance and Quality Indicators |
(these metrics will apply to all clients aged 18 years and over) |
Not for engaging on – supporting information |
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Contract terms & conditions |
(this contract will apply to all clients aged 18 years and over) |
Not for engaging on – supporting information |
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Valuing Care Report |
(this document will apply to clients aged 65 years and over) |
Not for engaging on – supporting information |
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Engagement Feedback Form |
(this feedback form will apply to all clients aged 18 years and over) |
To be used to provide feedback on the engagement pack. |
If you have trouble accessing the documents, please try opening them in your web browser. All this information is also readily available on our Provider Engagement Network here.
How to provide your feedback -
We encourage you to review all the documents in the pack and give us your feedback here.
Your feedback regarding how the proposed arrangements may impact on your business is important to us, as we strive to create a sustainable and effective care home market in Devon. You may wish to forward this on to other colleagues in your organisation to provide a response.
There will be a Care Home Forum on Tuesday 4th March from 2pm - 3:30pm to discuss the Older Persons’ (65+) Fee Model and 2025 Fees Uplift. Providers will have another opportunity here to give their feedback on the launch pack. Link to register for the Care Home Forum
If you have any questions or require the information in a different format, please contact socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk with the subject line: Care Home OP Fee Model and Fees Uplift Engagement 2025/26.
Posted by Michaela on February 10th 2025
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