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• Families still being charged thousands in care home fees after relative’s death

  16-01-2023 08:03
  Bereaved billed up to month’s worth of care, despite UK regulator saying such charges are likely to be illegalBereaved families are being charged thousands of pounds in care home fees after the death of a relative in residential care, despite the competition watchdog saying such arrangements are likely to be unlawful.Some providers are billing next of kin sums equivalent to up to a month’s worth of care after the death of a resident, four years after the Competition and Markets Autho
  
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• Families still be charged care homes fees even after death of relative

  16-01-2023 07:00
  Bereaved billed up to month’s worth of care, despite UK regulator saying such charges are likely to be illegalBereaved families are being charged thousands of pounds in care home fees after the death of a relative in residential care, despite the competition watchdog saying such arrangements are likely to be unlawful.Some providers are billing next of kin sums equivalent to up to a month’s worth of care after the death of a resident, four years after the Competition and Markets Autho
  
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