Fair Cost of Care Review
Valuing Care have completed over one hundred of comprehensive cost of care reviews for Councils and the NHS across the UK.
This experience has allowed the company to develop and refine its processes for surveying care providers, identifying the usual costs of care, and making clear recommendations on what constitutes a fair price for services within a particular area.
An independent, evidence-based review that establishes a defensible and sustainable Fair Cost of Care, aligned to statutory guidance and real provider cost data.
Why Cost of Care Reviews Matter
Accurate cost of care analysis is central to sustainable commissioning. Without a robust evidence base, authorities risk setting rates that fail to reflect real-world delivery costs — leading to unstable markets, weak bidder engagement and financial pressures on both commissioners and providers.
Our Cost of Care Reviews go beyond surface-level benchmarking. We combine detailed provider cost data with nationally-sourced datasets and methodological rigour to deliver insights you can trust.
The result is a pricing framework that supports confident decision-making, strengthens governance and underpins long-term market stability.
How Our Review Works
1. Data collection and validation
We gather and quality-assure placement-level and provider cost data
2. Benchmarking and modelling
Using our national datasets and local assumptions, we establish defensible cost benchmarks.
3. Gap analysis and exception review
Findings are presented in clear, commissioner-friendly reports designed to support internal governance and policy decisions.
4. Governance & reporting
Advise and support defensible decisions providing clear outputs and audit ready documentation
The Benefits for Your System
Market Surveys & Analysis
Robust and systematic approach to engage care providers to collect underlying cost data and validate reported costs. Sound statistical techniques to identify usual the costs of care within a locality..
Benchmarking
Valuing Care have used the collective intelligence from previous surveys to construct a range of cost models that calculate fair prices for services, reflecting local staffing costs and property values. This facilitates benchmarking of the local survey results, providing commissioners with increased confidence in what constitutes reasonable cost.
Reporting
Clear and accessible reporting that provides Commissioners with clear recommendations on what constitutes a fair price for services within a particular area. Development of pricing models which calculate a fair price for bespoke packages of care