CareCubed annual update released

The Annual CareCubed Data Release, where the Data models which sit behind CareCubed are updated. Took place on March 11th. This brings elements such as National Insurance contributions and the National Minimum Wage Increases due to take place in April up to date.

Data updates take place at certain times of the year, such as just ahead of the new financial year, but CareCubed is frequently updated throughout the year too through a continual deployment model.

Lydia Wootton, Product Owner at iESE, the company which sits behind CareCubed, said: “We have done a lot of work in the last year on the CareCubed offering and there has been a lot of investment in the product. Our customers have been very positive about the changes. We adapt the tool continuously according to what the market needs, and we have an open door if customers want to make suggestions at any point too.”

The March update aimed to give greater granularity and grow the number of scenarios in which CareCubed can be used across the adult and children’s care commissioning markets. Data has been added in for solo homes for children’s services and staffing needs can now be input by providers using a staff rota which removes the need for CareCubed to make staffing assumptions. Some additional changes include a fixed background model for adults and older persons services and the ability to define a mix of background staff roles.

Wootton said that in 2025 CareCubed’s dashboard reporting would be updated to enable useful metrics to be more readily available and clearly displayed. The company is also thinking about enabling a direct feed into the labour market so users can pull up local jobs in the local area. “That will be a great addition, and we will also have data on how long it takes to fill a job in a local area,” she added.

“One of the aims of CareCubed is to take as much of the processing and recording work away from commissioners and providers as possible. If a placement is in range, we want people to be able to be confident about the price agreed. They can know that they have done their fiduciary duty and can spend more time focusing on the needs of the child or adult, ensuring it is the right service for them and that it is delivering long term outcomes.”

• To find out more about CareCubed visit: www.carecubed.org