Residential and Nursing Care Market Position Statement 2025 - 2040 - Our commitment
The relationship, dialogue and joint planning between commissioners and providers of residential and nursing care, both existing and new providers to the Borough is crucial to achieve this vision and intentions. Walsall Council will offer:
Leadership and Commitment
- Clear intentions regarding the residential and nursing market starting with this Market Position Statement
- Yearly, updated market insight including demand and supply analysis, quality of services, gaps in provision and location of provision needed
- Frequent communication and improved relationship management with the residential and nursing sector
- Honesty and evidence about de-commissioning decisions based on lack of demand for residential and nursing care, low occupancy, poor quality or other criteria
- Improved residential and nursing Council brokerage processes that are transparent, equitable, consistent and efficient
- Improved partnerships with community & hospital social work and reablement teams for placements
- Effective working with the ICB and National Health Service (NHS) regarding data insights, residential and nursing commissioning and placements and quality assurance and transformation of bed-based care
- Commitment to affordable but fair rates for residential and nursing placements
- Continued and improved support for providers with quality assurance and service improvement
- Marketing and communications expertise to promote residential and nursing services including to self-funders.
Diversification of provision and new developments
- Expertise in development, local planning authority, engagement with the community and local elected members
- Secure trusted, effective relationships with providers, developers and planning to ensure care homes are re-provisioned and developed in the right locations to meet current and projected future needs
- Support for building design to meet varied and complex needs
- Support on technology developments in residential and nursing care.
Our approach to working with planners, developers, investors, and providers
- To support our intentions around residential and nursing care, we want to engage and co-design plans for care homes with developers and providers
- This will ensure the ‘right size and type market’ that meets needs in different locations and is based on projected demand for the type of residential and nursing care needed for people in Walsall over the next 15 years
- We will continue to work constructively with providers to commission residential and nursing care, support quality and market development and to monitor sustainability.