Middlesbrough Council contacted Valuing Care in April 2022 to discuss supporting them in completing their domiciliary fair cost of care (FCOC) exercise. They were aware of other councils in the area following similar approaches and wanted to gain consistency in a key market for them. North Tyneside Council contacted Valuing Care in May 2022 to discuss supporting them in completing their domiciliary fair cost of care (FCOC) exercise.
Valuing Care were assigned the following tasks:
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- Managing the data collection process
- Checking provider templates for accuracy and consistency
- Identification of fair cost of care rates from the survey results
- Creation of Valuing Care model benchmark rates to match the geographical area
- Final reporting and data loading
In addition to the domiciliary review, North Tyneside Council were keen to understand more fully the cost of Extra Care providers in their area. With that in mind they commissioned Valuing Care to complete an additional project that will start after the main FCOC exercise is complete.
To read more about how Valuing Care supported North Tyneside Council, please click here