Published in Fair Cost of Care on 11/03/2025
CareCubed, the leading provider of Cost of Care solutions in the UK, have announced the release of Data Version 20 of its Cost of Care tool.
The update was released on the 11th March 2025 and includes the bi-annual update to the key benchmarking metrics that form the foundation of the CareCubed Solution, alongside new functionality upgrades and improvements for the platform.
In terms of Data, updates include:
- Hourly Rate Adjustments for Staff across Children’s, Adults and Older Persons care.
- Adjustments to the On-Costs of delivering care such as National Insurance and Pensions
- Adjustments to Non-Staff Costs such as transport and Broadband
- Adjustments to Property Prices
- Real Living Wage Adjustment including London-Specific Wages
- Children’s Care Specific Cost Adjustments including Hobbies and Clothing
- NOTE: Due to timings of external data releases 2025/26 Council Tax Rates are not yet available.
Functionality improvements in this release include:
- Enhanced Staffing Calculator including Customisable Staffing Mix and Dynamic Funding overview
- Enhanced Import Routine
- Funded Nursing Care
- Aggregated Weekly Cost for home on non-staff costs
- Ability to enter hours and minutes instead of just minutes
- Additional day/night length options
- Further Children’s and Adults care specific updates
Commenting on the changes, CareCubed Product Owner Lydia Wootton said:
“Our first update of the year brings a host of changes to reflect the evolving landscape of care delivery. We gather data from across the UK to ensure CareCubed provides Care Commissioners and providers with the most accurate view of care cost benchmarks.
Alongside this, and based on feedback from our users, we’ve introduced new functionality that makes CareCubed even more flexible and easier to customise to meet individual needs.”
The team at CareCubed also released their Post V20 Roadmap which includes
- A Dashboard and Reporting Redesign
- Additional Reports
- A Negotiation/Approval Process
- Public Templates
- Council to Council Case Sharing
- Case Folder optimisations
If you have questions about the update or would like to book a demo of CareCubed, the CareCubed team are available to help via the CareCubed Contact Page.
