Agency care
Specialist nursing care
Companionship care
Across the board, agency rates exceed directly employed rates.
67% of experts recommend allowing £31+ per hour on average for agency specialist nursing care. Whereas the majority of respondents (42%) would allow £26 - £30 per hour for directly employed carers – a potential saving of up to £5 per hour.
Companionship care rates for directly employed carers: Firmly in the £11 - 20 per hour range.
76% of agency recommendations are in the £21+ range.
Domestic assistance
Recommended domestic assistance costs remain below £20 per hour in the directly employed sector, even in the evenings and at weekend.
On the agency side, almost half of respondents put the level of costs at £21+ per hour at evenings (46%) and weekends (42%).
Personal / self care
Recommended agency rates for the majority (70%) of personal/self care are between £21 - £30 per hour.
This contrasts with direct employment where the overwhelming majority of rates (94%) are between £11 - £20 per hour.
