18 Feb 2015
by The Homecare Association

The Homecare Deficit 2015

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The Homecare Deficit 2015 provides a snapshot of the prices paid for older people's homecare by councils in Great Britain and the Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland during a sample week in September 2014.

Using data obtained under Freedom of Information legislation, the report provides visual and numerical data to allow comparisons at a national, regional and local authority level across the UK. It highlights the vast majority of councils which pay well below our Minimum Price for Homecare - the rate necessary to run a sustainable homecare service which complies fully with the National Minimum Wage, including careworkers' travel time.