We're calling for:

 

1. Local authorities to work with providers to ensure both sides achieve a fair price for care

 

2. The Government to enter into a national debate to improve funding and services for older people, and ensure this money is ringfenced

 

3. The care services minister to meet providers and listen to their genuine concerns about fee levels awarded by local authorities – and act upon them

 

 

 

 
FEES CAMPAIGN NEWS

 Why we need court action

 

Raman Purewal, of Aston Brooke Solicitors, talks exclusively to Caring Business about the legal challenge his firm is pursuing against local authorities in an audacious bid to win fair fees for the sector.

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 EXCLUSIVE: Councils face legal challenge over fee levels

Local authorities and PCTs in Britain are set to face court action over the level of fees paid to care homes.

 

A legal challenge to how much is paid for council-funded residents in private homes is being brought on behalf of the English Community Care Association (ECCA) by Aston Brooke solicitors.

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 PM pledges to reform social care

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has spelled out the need to reform social care across the country.

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 Plough £40m into free care or risk failure, says official report

Free personal care for the elderly in Scotland needs a £40m a year injection of cash or the policy could fail, an official Scottish Executive report concludes.

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 'Fair fees should be based on private sector costs'

Costs of council-funded residents in nursing homes should be judged by local private sector costs, a report on NHS bed-blocking in Wales has recommended.

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 Uphill struggle on fees

The closure of a care home is a terrible prospect for residents, staff and managers alike. And yet, according to a recent Caring Business survey of local authority funding for care, this is likely to become a more common event.

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 Fight over fair fees could mean homes refuse new residents

Care homes in Northamptonshire are on the brink of refusing new council-funded residents after failing to agree their level of funding with Northamptonshire County Council from April.

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 Fees campaign gains momentum

A campaign aimed at improving the level of fees for care homes has attracted a strong response from providers.

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Caring Business and the English Community Care Association have launched a campaign to ensure care providers receive improved funding for their business.

 

We need you to pledge your support for:

 

 

* The Government to enter into a national debate to improve funding and services for older people, and ensure this money is ringfenced

   

 * The care services minister to meet providers and listen to their genuine concerns about fee levels awarded by local authorities – and act upon them

   

 * Local authorities to work with providers to ensure both sides achieve a fair price for care.

 

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