Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 3 December 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential effect on the price of care purchased by self-funders of local authorities purchasing care packages from the same providers in bulk at a lower unit cost price.
In its 2017 care home market study, the Competition and Market’s Authority (CMA) considered the potential effects where local authorities pay rates for care packages which are lower than those paid by people who are funding their own care. The CMA’s analysis of this issue and the adult social care market is an important part of the evidence base which will feed into the Green Paper on adult social care. The Green Paper will consider the fundamental issues facing the care system.
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