Success in Care Home Fees Negotiation

Success in Care Home Fees Negotiation 

Following last year’s landmark Judicial Review case involving Pembrokeshire County Council and its care home fee rates, Josiah Hincks Partner Andrew Eagle was involved in consultation with Conwy Borough Council. He was part of the Council’s Task and Finish Group in his capacity as a director of a care home and also provided advice to the other care home owners that made up the group. The Group worked with the Council in using the Laing and Buisson toolkit as provided by the Welsh Assembly for working out the fair fees. During the discussion group meetings the Group put forward a number of arguments to the officers as a result of which on 26^th October in a session of the full council Conwy raised its fee for Residential Care by a significant 30% and fully back dated the increase to 1^st April 2011.

Andrew has been advising care homes for over 10 years and is fully conversant with the requirements of both the Care Standards Act and depending upon location the standards set down by Care Quality Commission (CQC) or the Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales (CSIW). He is able to advise on all aspects of regulation and management of a care establishment.