Navigating a sector under pressure
Complex care is an essential part of the adult social care landscape, yet it faces unprecedented pressures. Demographic shifts, evolving commissioning approaches and a growing policy focus on community-based support are reshaping how care is delivered, funded and planned.
At the same time, providers are navigating rising operating costs, workforce pressures and uncertainty around sustainable fee levels.
Complex care supports people with high-intensity, long-term needs that extend beyond conventional care models, including people living with learning disabilities, autism, mental ill health, acquired brain injury and complex physical conditions.
As legislation changes and support models change, the need for investors, developers, commissioners and providers to be proactively seeking out the right opportunities is essential. Robust market intelligence is increasingly important to identifying these opportunities and making informed decisions about service development, growth and capital allocation.
Introducing a landmark report
This report, produced by Carterwood in conjunction with Barclays and HealthInvestor, explores the current complex care landscape through findings from Carterwood’s UK-wide survey of providers. The research brings together perspectives from family-owned operators, private equity-backed groups, institutional providers and charities, covering organisations of different sizes and a range of residential care and supported living services.
Download the report to explore the stats around funding and the associated pressures facing the sector, current demand for supported living houses, and the biggest challenge in assessing sustainable fee rates as ranked by providers.
