1. Please can you tell me if the council offered higher fees to care homes if they accepted Covid patients from hospital at any point since March 2020?

Yes / No

If yes:
a) how much you paid per patient
b) how much you had previously paid
c) what date this offer was made to care homes
d) the names of the care homes that received the increased payment
e) how many Covid patients each home accepted since March 2020
If you sent out a letter or email to care homes communicating this increased fee, please include it in your response.

If care homes signed a contract with the council to accept Covid patients from hospital, please also include this in your response.

1. Please can you tell me if the council offered higher fees to care homes if they accepted Covid patients from hospital at any point since March 2020?
No. We did not allow patients to go into care homes if they were tested positive for Covid and if a person wandered due to confusion, additional support was provided to ensure they were isolated for the first 14 days.

2. If yes:
a) how much you paid per patient
b) how much you had previously paid
c) what date this offer was made to care homes
d) the names of the care homes that received the increased payment
e) how many Covid patients each home accepted since March 2020
Not applicable.

3. If you sent out a letter or email to care homes communicating this increased fee, please include it in your response.
Not applicable.

4. If care homes signed a contract with the council to accept Covid patients from hospital, please also include this in your response.
Not applicable.