Older people service
Valuing Care supports Local Authorities to set defensible, transparent and sustainable fee rates across older people’s residential and domiciliary care.
We work at the point where market pressure, provider challenge and budget scrutiny intersect — ensuring decisions are evidence-led, equitable and aligned to statutory duties.
How Valuing Care Supports Older People’s Markets
1. Fair and Defensible Fee Setting
Residential care fee modelling
Nursing care differential analysis
Domiciliary care hourly rate modelling
Rural and complexity adjustments
Transparent rationale for Member approval
2. Fair Cost of Care Reviews
Structured provider cost collection
Validation and quality assurance of returns
Independent analysis of true cost drivers
Clear reporting aligned to Care Act principles
Market sustainability assessment
3. Provider Uplift Management
Case-level price review capability
Structured uplift correspondence
Consistent negotiation framework
Evidence to respond to provider challenge
Controlled and documented decision trails
4.Market Sustainability & Risk Insight
Identification of fee compression risks
Viability assessment indicators
Scenario modelling for inflation and NLW impact
Strategic options for phased uplifts
Consistency across homes and cohorts
What Makes Our Approach Different
Independent and evidence-led
We collect and analyse real provider cost data — not theoretical benchmarks
Built around local markets
Every authority has different geography, provider mix and workforce realities.
Platform + advisory support
Our Purchaser software enables case-level modelling, while our specialist team provides hands-on commissioning advice.
Governance-ready outputs
Clear documentation to support Scrutiny, Audit and Member decisions.