Wigan Council is committed to ensuring high quality adult social care for our residents, supported by affordable and sustainable care fees.
In line with this approach and also as required under the Government’s Fair Cost of Care guidance, the Council has carried out a cost of care exercise with care providers to further understand the cost of providing care at home and in care homes within the Borough.
The fair cost of care exercise supports but does not replace the Council’s usual approach to setting care fees, where we engage with providers through a partnership and open book approach regarding costs and fee rates.
The reports explain how the exercise was carried out, how we worked with providers during the exercise, and the cost results.
Cost of care reports
Market Sustainability Plan
As part of the fair cost of care programme, Wigan Council is also required to undertake an assessment of the sustainability of the local care home and homecare market. This plan is included below.
Market Sustainability Capacity Fund
The Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund was announced at the Autumn Statement in November 2022. The primary purpose of the fund is to support local authorities to make tangible improvements to adult social care services in their area. As part of the conditions in 2024 to 2025, local authorities are required to submit a Capacity Plan containing quantitative and qualitative data on adult social care capacity. The plan is available below:
Further details can be found on GOV.UK (external link).