£1.6bn deficit in funding to meet minimum home care costs, finds provider body’s research

£1.6bn deficit in funding to meet minimum home care costs, finds provider body’s research

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. There is a £1.6bn gap between council home care fees and the minimum price required by providers in England to operate sustainably, the Homecare Association has found. Local authorities met just over half of the additional costs faced by English providers in 2025-26 in fee rises, according to the provider body’s latest analysis of the secto…