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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Private Nursing Homes. Private nursing home rates
Summary
The Minister said health board contributions for residents in approved private long-stay homes rose from £2.70 to £3.20 per day, effective 6 April 1979. He could not say when the previous increase occurred, noting it predated his time as Minister.
asked the Minister for Health if it is intended to sanction an increase in the rates paid by health boards to private nursing homes catering for long-stay patients.
Comment on this
The contribution payable by health boards in respect of persons resident in approved long-stay private homes was increased from £2.70 to £3.20 a day, or by 18.5 per cent, with effect from 6 April 1979.
