Resources

An overview of the UK domiciliary care sector

These headline statistics are aimed at researchers, management consultants and organisations considering entry into the homecare sector. The figures are a summary of the most recent analysis available and will be revised as new data becomes available. [ID 109]

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UKHCA's Cost Pressure Campaign 2008

UKHCA has written to every local authority in England, Scotland and Wales and every health and social care trust in Northern Ireland to highlight the cost pressures affecting homecare providers, and requesting that they convene urgent meetings with providers to find a way forward.

Using the Freedom of Information Act, the Association has also asked for a comprehensive list of contract price increases awarded in the last 12 months. This is to examine the scale of below-inflation increases, and to build the case for a fair increase in 2008-9. The results will be published as soon as they are analysed. We will also be writing to providers before the end of August with additional materials to help gather momentum at a local level. [ID 202]

Available downloadable versions:

• Freedom of Information Request - England
• Freedom of Information Request - Northern Ireland
• Freedom of Information Request - Scotland
• Freedom of Information Request - Wales

Who will pay for increased holiday entitlement?

Homecare providers will face increased wage costs when the statutory holiday entitlement for Great Britain's workforce increases from 4 to 4.8 weeks (pro-rated for part-time workers) on 1st October 2007. Recognising the local authorities buy the bulk of the independent sector's output, UKHCA has written to the Director of Adult Social Services in every local authority in England, Scotland and Wales and the appropriate Directors of each of the five Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland asking whether they will be increasing their contract rates with homecare providers. [ID 148]

Available downloadable versions:

• Letter to health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland
• Letter to local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales

Who Cares Now? (Scotland)

"Who Cares Now?" a wide-reaching profile of Scotland's Homecare providers and their workforce. [ID 101]

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Mapping out care's changing landscape (Homecarer July 2005)

This document is available to UKHCA members only. Information on how to join UKHCA.

New research published by UKHCA suggests that 72% of publicly funded domiciliary care is now purchased from the independent sector and that Homecare providers are becoming increasingly dependent on local authorities as their sole or primary customers. The independent domiciliary care sector is therefore a significant factor in the country's ability to meet total demand for social care provision. [ID 83]

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Who Cares Now? (England)

"Who Cares Now?" a wide-reaching profile of England's Homecare providers and their workforce was published by UKHCA in June 2005. Among the findings of the research are that 72% of publicly funded Homecare comes from the independent sector, while there has been a considerable reduction in privately purchased care. "Who Cares Now?" builds on the first and only previous survey of the Homecare sector, undertaken in 2000. The report is available free from UKHCA thanks to funding from Skills for Care and the Department of Health. [ID 36]

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Commissioning Home Care: Changing Practice: Delivering Quality? (2004) Report

In 2003, the Change Agent Team commissioned this research in order to gain a national picture of the Homecare market and of the methods used by social services in England to address the needs of people requiring care or support at home.
This the report of the findings. [ID 5]

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