Have you ever wanted to know.......

Our models can be up and running and helping you with your budget planning in less than three weeks.

Our care cost and activity models are helping local authorities answer "what if" questions like these....

1. What would be the financial impact of transferring everyone on the our current domiciliary block contract to a Direct Payment.
2. What would be the financial impact of offering re-ablement and what is the difference in cost between providing with in-house resources vs external provision of re-ablement.
3. What would be the financial impact of transferring users from residential to extra care.
4. What would be the financial impact of altering the FACS thresholds. i.e. just substantial and 50% critical
5. Can you show me demand growth and impact if we do nothing for the next 1,3,5,10,15,20 years.
6. What savings could we make through sourcing other suppliers, e.g. supported living network.
7. What would be the impact if we settle for say 1% inflation for res nurs and dom care.
8. What would be the financial impact if we achieved slowing demand into care services by spending more money on prevention, early intervention, signposting to universal services and community initiatives
9. What would be the financial impact of increasing charges.

How efficient is the adult social serrvices team in your authority?

Efficiency - "the ratio of the output to the input of any system"

Do you know how much the adult social care team in your authority spends each year on providing services? for every £1 spent on services would you like to know how much they spend on admin and non-service related bureaucracy

Future Care Cost Calculator Ready

SK9 Consulting have developed a sophisticated adult care cost modeling tool that can help predict costs and activity levels for the next 20 years for your authority

Councils Cutting Social Care

Councils already cutting social care to hit savings target

The question now is why would any council not provide homecare re-ablement?

We are working with the Adult Social Care team at a NW local Authority, the brief as follows:

Population forecasts by Local Authority 2008-2031 (We're all living longer. More people + less money = timebomb)

2008-based Subnational Population Projections for England (SNPP) were published on 27 May 2010. They give an indication of future trends in population for the period 2008-2033.

Calculating a fair market price for care : a toolkit for residential and nursing homes

ICES, Retail Model, Outsource or hope the Community Equipment Stores problem goes away!

We've spent six months looking at what to do with Community Equipment Stores with the 10 Greater Manchester Authorities....

Community Equipment Stores

We have recently secured £200k of funding for Greater Manchester Authorities to begin the process of virtual integration of their community equipment stores.

Aseessing Future Delivery Options for Adult Social Care

Budget constraints, demographic changes and changes to how services are likely to be commissioned and delivered in the future requires detailed analysis of current arrangements, likely future demand and market dynamics so as to assist Care Commissioners in making informed decisions as to how the services could best be deployed and shaped for the future.

Personal Social Security Returns (PSS)

The first step in understanding where/how the money is spent is to fully understand the information the council will have provided for the Personal Social Services Expenditure Return (PSS EX1).

So whats this blog about?

The aim is to provide a one stop resource for all current news and developments concerning adult social care in the UK including articles on how commissioners and directors of adult care can prepare and plan for the likely upcoming Government cuts