Fees and reviews
Information around fees and payments for providers of adult social care and support services
Adult Social Care fee uplifts 2025/26
Letter to adult social care providers - uplifts 2025/26 (pdf format, 144 KB)
Ceiling threshold rates for 2025/26
Care Homes
| Service type | 2025/26 rate (ceiling threshold) |
|---|---|
| Residential | £1,145.10/ week |
| Residential Specialist | £1,249.20/ week |
| Nursing (exc. *FNC) | £1,228.68/ week |
| Nursing Specialist (exc. *FNC) | £1,332.78/ week |
*Nursing rates do not include Funded Nursing Care. This will be paid separately from the rates above.
Homecare and reablement
| Service type | 2025/26 rate (ceiling threshold) |
|---|---|
| Homecare | £30.26/ hr |
| Reablement | £1,222.13/ episode |
| Live-in (with break) | £1,568.79/ week |
| Live-in (without a break) | £1,145.10/ week |
Extra Care Housing
| Service type | 2025/26 rate (ceiling threshold) |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate | £30.26/ hr |
| On-site Care | £71.12/ week |
Supported Living and outreach
| Service type | 2025/26 rate (ceiling threshold) |
|---|---|
| General support needs | £24.55/ hr |
| Enhanced general support needs | £25.15/ hr |
| Specialist behavioural and forensic support needs | £26.81/ hr |
| Enhanced specialist behavioural and forensic support needs | £29.08/ hr |
External Day Services
| Service type | 2025/26 rate (ceiling threshold) |
|---|---|
| External Day Services | Variable |
Sleep in
| Service type | 2025/26 rate (ceiling threshold) |
|---|---|
| Sleep in | £83.28/ night |
Care contracted through a direct payment will not be automatically uplifted. Please contact the Direct Payment holder if you require a review of your rates.
Review process
If this automatic uplift does not cover your fees and you would like us to carry out a review of your individual circumstances, please:
- Submit a request to CareContractsPriceReview@oxfordshire.gov.uk together with the Carecubed form (docx format, 55KB). Your request must include the initials, date of birth and OCC reference of each person with a breakdown of current support hours.
- The panel will look at:
- The care needs of the individual people
- Unit costs
- The host authority offers
- You will be informed of the outcome from the panel. Any agreed changes will be notified in writing and any payment due will be in the next payment run following this notification.
We ask that you submit your requests within 3 months of receiving this letter with all the required information.
Fund Nursing Care (FNC)
We are only increasing the Oxfordshire County Council-funded element of your payment for nursing homes. Any increase to Funded Nursing Care will be applied separately.