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Table 1 Component costs of the enhanced care in care homes vanguard

From: Rapid evaluation for health and social care innovations: challenges for “quick wins” using interrupted time series

Resource Use

Cost (£)

Total cost (£)

Source

GP link cost

4000 per care home

120,000

Newcastle-Gateshead CCG

Practice educator

36,250 per year

36,250

Mid-point grade 7 agenda for change pay scale (2016) [8]

Dietician

30,375 per year

30,375

Mid-point grade 6 agenda for change pay scale [8]

6 Older-Person Specialist Nurses

36,250 per nurse per year

217,500

Mid-point grade 7 agenda for change pay scale [8]

Old-age Psychiatrist

138 per hour

28,704a

PSSRU [9]

2 Geriatric Consultants

135 per hour per consultant

56,160 a

PSSRU [9]

1503 care home beds receiving care plans

£100 per care plan

300,600 b

Newcastle-Gateshead CCG

  1. a Assumed the MDT meeting is 4 h long and takes place 52 weeks per year
  2. b Assumed two care plans per care home bed every year