Please find the attached an advice note from the DH regarding the revised NHS-funded Nursing Care payment rates for 2010/11. The rates increase by 2.25% which results in the following;
from 1 April 2010, for eligible care home residents:
· the standard rate will increase from £106.30 to £108.70 per week
· the high band will increase from £146.30 to £149.60 per week.