Devon County Council is seeking provider engagement on 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, closing at midnight on Sunday, 23rd March 2025.
We are engaging on and welcome your comments on the four key components below:
- Care Home Rates and Bespoke Pricing
- Uplift
- Service Specification
- Service descriptors (Residential & Social Care Nursing)
Documents included in the pack:
| Component | Access Link | Applicable to | Document status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Older Persons Fee Model Engagement Report 2025 | Link to access the Older Persons’ Fee Model Engagement Report V2 (with updated FNC rates 2526) | (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 | |
| Service Specification | Link to access 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 | Link to access KP and Quality indicators | (these metrics will apply to all clients aged 18 years and over) |
In response to previous engagement, this will be piloted with a task and finish group set up for concluding. |
| Contract terms & conditions | Link to access Adult Residential Pre-placement agreement | (this contract will apply to all clients aged 18 years and over) | Not for engaging on – supporting information |
| Valuing Care Report | (this document will apply to clients aged 65 years and over) | Not for engaging on – supporting information | |
| Engagement Feedback Form | Link for 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.
Frequently Asked Questions – Older Person’s (65+) Care Homes Fee Model and 2025 Fees Uplift
These FAQs have been created based on feedback from providers during the engagement period, as well as questions raised at the Care Home Forum and the follow-up Webinar with Valuing Care. Link to access FAQs here.
How to provide your feedback –
We encourage you to review all the documents in the pack and give us your feedback here – Link for feedback form
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.
If you have any questions or require the information in a different format, please contact the socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk with the subject line: Care Home OP Fee Model and Fees Uplift Engagement 2025/26.
If your organisation has not received formal notification of the proposed arrangements, please contact the socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk with the same subject line above.
A Care Home Forum and follow up Webinar for Providers took place on Tuesday, 4th March and Tuesday 11th March respectively, from 2:00 to 3:30pm, providing further opportunity for providers to engage with the Older Persons’ (65+) Fee Model and the 2025 Fees Uplift and to meet with a representative of Valuing Care. You can access the presentations given at the meetings here
– Care Home Forum Presentation Slides – 4th March 2025
– Care Home Webinar Presentation Slides – 11th March 2025