Alma Economics was commissioned by Skills for Care to provide high-level estimates of likely costs associated with the recommendations developed by the organisation as part of its national workforce strategy. The recommendations aim to improve service delivery through better training, compensation, career progression, and health offerings for care staff.

We worked closely with the Skills for Care team, costing recommendations as they were being developed and offering steers for the workforce strategy. To that end, our team first carried out a scoping exercise, identifying the likely impacts of the proposed recommendations. We then created cost-benefit analysis (CBA) models and carried out a costing exercise for the recommendations where a full CBA was not possible.

Our findings suggest that all proposed recommendations would create more benefits than costs and could lead to increased recruitment and retention in the adult social care sector. At the end of the project, our team delivered a comprehensive technical report outlining the methodology and findings for each costed recommendation. This will be used to inform future policymaking and will help ensure sufficient care provision to meet the needs of the adult population in England.

➥ Find the full report here.