Free personal and nursing care, Scotland, 2010-11

Presents the latest figures for free personal care (FPC) and free nursing care (FNC).


Annex 2 : Number of self-funders within Care Homes receiving FPNC or FPC only or FNC only.

Financial Year
Local Authority 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12P
Aberdeen City 400 440 440 450 510 460 450 460 530
Aberdeenshire 510 480 480 460 470 490 460 470 480
Angus 270 280 280 290 300 320 260 260 250
Argyll & Bute 210 210 230 230 220 220 200 200 190
Clackmannanshire 40 30 40 50 50 60 60 50 50
Dumfries & Galloway 310 330 290 300 320 360 370 370 370
Dundee City 170 200 210 230 240 250 280 280 290
East Ayrshire 150 140 150 160 180 180 180 180 160
East Dunbartonshire 220 250 270 300 300 320 330 310 310
East Lothian 160 170 170 170 180 160 160 180 190
East Renfrewshire 180 210 210 240 250 260 260 250 250
Edinburgh, City of 1,380 1,410 1,480 1,450 1,390 1,380 1,360 1,340 1,310
Eilean Siar 10 20 20 20 30 30 40 40 50
Falkirk 150 140 140 150 150 150 150 140 140
Fife 630 710 740 790 750 740 730 830 930
Glasgow City 560 620 630 650 690 700 710 700 710
Highland 290 410 400 400 430 400 410 420 410
Inverclyde 150 150 150 160 170 170 170 160 160
Midlothian 80 80 80 90 100 90 80 70 70
Moray 150 170 200 190 180 190 180 170 170
North Ayrshire 230 230 250 260 260 290 310 330 340
North Lanarkshire 150 170 200 230 210 240 220 220 220
Orkney Islands 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30
Perth & Kinross 470 490 470 460 430 430 370 360 340
Renfrewshire 200 200 220 240 240 240 230 240 260
Scottish Borders 200 210 220 200 260 270 250 280 270
Shetland Islands - - - - - - - - -
South Ayrshire 290 330 360 360 360 340 340 380 390
South Lanarkshire 430 460 490 490 480 460 440 480 480
Stirling 230 230 240 220 210 200 190 160 160
West Dunbartonshire 70 70 80 80 90 90 80 80 80
West Lothian 100 110 120 130 130 140 100 120 140
Whole Scotland 8,410 8,960 9,240 9,440 9,590 9,630 9,370 9,550 9,710

Source: Community Care Quarterly Key Monitoring Return
All figures are yearly averages rounded to the nearest 10.
P - Provisional figures

This table includes self-funding residents in Care Homes, aged 65 and over who receive the Free Personal & Nursing Care (FPNC) payment or the Free Personal Care (FPC) payment only. The table also includes any self-funding residents in Care Homes under the age of 65 who recieve only the Free Nursing Care (FNC) payment.

Weekly payment rates are as follows:
Year FPNC FPC FNC
2003-04 to 2007-08 £210 £145 £65
2008-09 £216 £149 £67
2009-10 £222 £153 £69
2010-11 £227 £156 £71
2011-12 £231 £159 £72

Contact

Email: Swstat@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

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