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  Its just under £800,000 per council , the population of Eastern and Coastal kent PCT is over 65 is 258, 200
  ( office of national statistics estimate year ending 2010) the occupancy of hospital beds by the over 65s is approx 40 to 50 % . Its not a lot of money to free up hospital beds when spread over the county . Factor in admin costs and a minimum of £15 per hour for the total cost of a carer , and that this money isnt new money but must be found from cost savings within the NHS it dosnt look as good, especially when the two local units that had step down beds Cornfields and Sampson Court have now been closed ( there are some funded beds in Residential homes )
  Then when the fact that there is no financial penalty for the prolonged stay in general beds by people who are needing a placement for thier mental health needs ie dementia once the physical cause of thier hospital stay has been stabalised and it looks even worse . Its a good headline but very little will change

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