The Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (‘the 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, in particular to build capacity and improve market sustainability.

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The funding amounts to £400 million for adult social care in 2023 to 2024, with a further £683 million expected in 2024 to 2025.

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ARCC Consulting supported the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and the Local Government Association (LGA) in 2021-22 to deliver the Homecare Cost Toolkit, for use within the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC)'s Fair Cost of Care exercises in 2022.  This is freely available for use by all councils and providers to support cost of care exercises in England.

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From June 2023, the fund included, for the first time, metrics for 18 and over supported living services, to provide insight into those fee uplifts in the current inflationary environment.  The launch of ARCC's supported living cost modelling tool (SLCT) reinforces our partnership with the collaboration between ADASS and the LGA as Partners in Care and Health (PCH) and our commitment to local authorities and the social care market in assessing costs and achieving proportionate and sustainable fees for care in England.