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Market Intelligence & Cost Benchmarking for Providers
Independent, commissioner-informed and evidence-led insight to strengthen your commercial position
Valuing Care’s Market Intelligence & Cost Benchmarking Service provides care organisations with independent, commissioner-informed and evidence-led insight into how their costs, pricing and operating structures compare across the wider market.
Our approach combines objective analysis with a detailed understanding of the financial frameworks typically applied by local authorities and Integrated Care Boards. This ensures that the insight we provide is not only commercially valuable but also credible when presented in fee discussions.
Whether preparing for negotiations, responding to inflationary pressures or planning future growth, our analysis equips providers with the clarity needed to engage commissioners confidently and constructively.
Providers are operating in an increasingly complex financial environment shaped by workforce pressures, regulatory requirements and rising operating costs. At the same time, commissioners are placing greater emphasis on robust, evidence-led financial submissions when determining fee levels.
Many organisations face:
- Limited visibility of how their costs compare to the wider market
- Difficulty presenting fee uplift requests in an evidence-led format
- Challenges responding to commissioner cost models
- Pressure to justify overhead recovery and returns
- Risk of long-term under-pricing
Without independent, evidence-based benchmarking aligned to commissioner expectations, negotiations can quickly become subjective rather than financially grounded.
Our Approach
Valuing Care delivers objective market intelligence that strengthens your commercial position while supporting transparent, evidence-led relationships with commissioning partners.
We analyse your operating data against established market datasets to provide a clear view of where your organisation sits relative to comparable providers — using methodologies that reflect those commonly applied within commissioning.
Insights typically include:
- Staffing cost structures
- Operating margins
- Overhead allocation
- Return on capital
- Pricing variation across comparable services
- Key cost drivers influencing commissioner models
Because our analysis is independent, commissioner-informed and evidence-led, it carries significant weight in financial discussions.
Strengthening Your Negotiation Position
Our outputs help move conversations away from opinion and towards structured, evidence-led dialogue.
Valuing Care supports providers to:
- Clearly evidence the financial impact of inflation
- Demonstrate where fees fall below sustainable levels
- Respond confidently to cost challenges
- Prepare robust submissions for fee reviews
- Engage commissioners from a position of insight rather than reaction
This promotes more constructive negotiations and reduces the likelihood of prolonged fee disputes.
Supporting Strategic Decision-Making
Beyond immediate negotiations, market intelligence provides a stronger foundation for long-term planning.
Providers use our analysis to:
- Assess service viability
- Inform pricing strategy
- Evaluate expansion opportunities
- Understand commissioner pricing behaviours
- Identify emerging financial risks
The result is greater commercial confidence and improved organisational resilience.
Key Benefits
- Combines independence, commissioner insight and evidence-led analysis
- Strengthens credibility in fee discussions
- Provides clear evidence of financial sustainability
- Supports confident, data-driven decision-making
- Reduces reliance on anecdotal market intelligence
- Enhances strategic planning and investment
Valuing Care provides independent, commissioner-informed and evidence-led insight that enables providers to engage with confidence — helping ensure that fee levels reflect the true cost of delivering high-quality, sustainable care.
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