Written Question · S3W-32729 · Session 3
How many care homes have achieved the enhanced quality standard resulting in additional payments being made since 1 April 2009, broken down…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many care homes have achieved the enhanced quality standard resulting in additional payments being made since 1 April 2009, broken down by local authority area.
The answer
The National Care Home Contract for publicly funded care home residents aged 65 and over in independent care homes is agreed on an annual basis between COSLA and representatives of the independent care home sector. The Enhanced Quality Award (EQA) was introduced as part of the negotiations on fee levels for 2010-11 and takes effect from 1 April 2010. To incentivise improved quality in care homes for older people, an EQA will be paid to the best performing care homes on the following basis:
Care Homes with Nursing
- an additional £2.00 per resident per week will be paid if a Care Commission Quality Assessment Framework (QAF) grade 5 or 6 is achieved in the inspection theme of Quality of Care and Support and a minimum of grade 3 is achieved in the other 3 inspection themes. A further £1.00 per resident per week will be paid to homes that achieve a QAF grade of 5 or 6 in Quality of Care and Support and a minimum of grade 5 in any one other category.
Residential Care Homes
- an additional £1.50 per resident per week will be paid if a QAF grade of 5 or 6 is achieved in Quality of Care and Support and a minimum of grade 3 in the other categories. A further £1.00 per resident per week will be paid to homes that achieve a QAF grade 5 or 6 in Quality of Care and Support and a minimum of grade 5 in any one other category.
No EQAs have been paid to date. COSLA has confirmed that local authorities are currently calculating the payments due using information from the Care Commission. The following criteria are to be applied:
homes that meet the criteria going into 2010-11 will get the EQA from start;
previous QAF Grading applies to each theme until changed through inspection or complaint processes;
performance will be judged across two, six month, periods within the financial year
- April to September, and October to March inclusive
changes (both increases and decreases) will be backdated to the beginning of the six month period.
Care Homes with Nursing
- an additional £2.00 per resident per week will be paid if a Care Commission Quality Assessment Framework (QAF) grade 5 or 6 is achieved in the inspection theme of Quality of Care and Support and a minimum of grade 3 is achieved in the other 3 inspection themes. A further £1.00 per resident per week will be paid to homes that achieve a QAF grade of 5 or 6 in Quality of Care and Support and a minimum of grade 5 in any one other category.
Residential Care Homes
- an additional £1.50 per resident per week will be paid if a QAF grade of 5 or 6 is achieved in Quality of Care and Support and a minimum of grade 3 in the other categories. A further £1.00 per resident per week will be paid to homes that achieve a QAF grade 5 or 6 in Quality of Care and Support and a minimum of grade 5 in any one other category.
No EQAs have been paid to date. COSLA has confirmed that local authorities are currently calculating the payments due using information from the Care Commission. The following criteria are to be applied:
homes that meet the criteria going into 2010-11 will get the EQA from start;
previous QAF Grading applies to each theme until changed through inspection or complaint processes;
performance will be judged across two, six month, periods within the financial year
- April to September, and October to March inclusive
changes (both increases and decreases) will be backdated to the beginning of the six month period.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-32729 by reference.