A Scoping Review of the Costs, Consequences, and Wider Impacts of Residential Care Home Closures in a UK Context

Table 6

Hourly pay for staff employed at care homes (amended from Laing [17]).

	Private sector care homes (2008)	Private sector care homes (2020/21)	NHS agenda for change pay bands for 2007		NHS agenda for change pay bands from 2022
	£ per hour	£ per hour	£ per hour equivalent	£ per annum	£ per hour equivalent	£ per annum
Domestic, housekeeping, catering assistant	£5.82	£8.72	£7.25–£7.89	Band 1: £12,182–£13,253	£10.27–£10.90	Band 2: £20,270–£21,381
Health care assistant	£6.07	£9.01	£7.49–£9.24	Band 2: £12,577–£15,523	£10.27–£10.90	Band 2: £20,270–£21,381

Sources: Laing [17]; Skills for Care [2]; Health Careers [39].