Introduction
The Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF or ‘the fund’) was announced at the autumn statement in November 2022. This funding is also expected to support local authorities to seek further improvements to adult social care services in their area, in particular to build capacity and improve market sustainability.
Cost of Care Devon Engagement
Devon County Council published its Cost of Care reports which were submitted to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) (also known as ‘Annex B’ documents) for Care Homes and Home Care in February 2023.
The Council was required to complete the reports using a prescribed template and may not reflect our usual style and there are details included to meet DHSC requirements.
The reports are the outcome of engagement with providers who were asked to submit cost data using nationally agreed toolkits. That engagement process is described in the documents. There was a response rate of 36% for Home Care and 28% for Care Homes and there was some inconsistency of the returns, this has been taken account in our analysis and which is explained in detail in the reports.
We thank all providers who worked with us on the Cost of Care exercise. The Council remains committed to having a shared understanding with providers on the cost of delivering care locally.
Market Sustainability Plan
Here is the Market Sustainability Plan, which has been submitted to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) following Devon County Council’s Cost of Care exercise.
The plan is supported by our previously published ‘Annex B’ Cost of Care reports for Home Care and Care Homes.
Devon County Council Market Sustainability Plan – March 2023