Care homes keep taxpayer cash after residents die

According to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests lodged with 20 councils by the Times, 14 councils have overpaid care home providers in the past year because they were not informed residents had died. These councils included Southwark, Birmingham, Durham and Knowsley and Merseyside. Durham County Council paid out £105.998 for the care of 79 residents who had died because the authority was either not properly informed of the deaths, or it failed to properly update records. Birmingham City Council has paid out £98,137 for 109 deceased residents which has not yet been paid back by t...