FOI Request - Care Homes and Covid-19 Patients

Request 101003790751

Questions applicable for the months of March, April, May, June, July and August 2020:

1. Did your Local Authority offer any additional fees, over and above any payments arising from existing contractual arrangements to care/nursing homes in your area, specifically to receive Covid-19 positive patients from hospitals?  (Please respond with Yes or No).

2. If the answer to Q1 is 'yes', would you provide us with details and copies of any written communications i.e. emails, letters etc. (Please describe).

3. Did any care/nursing homes accept those offers and receive such payments? (Please respond with Yes or No).

4. If the answer to Q3 is 'yes', what were the names of the care/nursing homes?

5. What amount of money was paid? And how was the payment administered?

6. If a payment was made, was it per patient, for the block purchasing of beds or both or for some other purpose? (Please describe).

7. Under which funding stream were the payments made? (Please describe).

8. Did your local Authority enter new contracts with care/nursing homes which included contractual terms providing for additional payments if they received Covid-19 positive patients/residents? (Please respond with Yes or No).

9. If the answer to Q8 is 'yes', are you able to name the care/nursing homes? If your answer is no, can you say why you cannot name the home(s)?

10. What were those contractual terms? (Please describe).

11. Were any care/nursing homes advised that they risked losing funding or access to funding if they refused to accept Covid-19 positive patients/residents? (Please respond with Yes or No).

12. If so, how much funding was withdrawn?

13. If the answer to Q11 is 'yes', are you able to name the care/nursing homes? If your answer is no, can you say why you cannot name the home(s)?

14. Were any fines levied to your Local Authority or delayed discharges from the NHS? (Please respond with Yes or No).