BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:518@careengland.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260812T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260812T110000 DTSTAMP:20260423T123257Z URL:https://www.careengland.org.uk/events/an-introduction-and-demonstratio n-of-carecubed-the-national-care-costing-tool-4/ SUMMARY:An Introduction and Demonstration of CareCubed - The National Care Costing Tool DESCRIPTION:\n\nOver the next six months\, we will be delivering a series o f CareCubed demonstration sessions exclusively for Care England members\, focused on supporting providers to move from cost pressure and difficult f ee negotiations towards clear\, evidence‑based and more constructive con versations with commissioners.\n\nCareCubed is now firmly established as t he national care costing benchmark\, used by nearly 75% of English local a uthorities and more than 500 providers to create a shared\, transparent u nderstanding of the genuine cost of care. These sessions are designed to s how\, in practical terms\, how providers can use CareCubed to protect sust ainability\, strengthen their negotiating position\, and reduce time‑con suming disputes. It is about giving providers a credible\, nationally reco gnised ‘common currency’ that is already being used by councils to in form fee‑setting\, placement discussions\, and market sustainability pla nning.\n\nEach demonstration will walk through:\n\n How CareCubed models the real cost of care\, reflecting pay\, pensions\, on‑costs\, inflation ary pressures and service complexity and how this aligns with what commiss ioners are already using.\n How providers can stress‑test their prices  against local\, regional and national benchmarks\, across adults\, older people and working‑age services.\n How CareCubed supports fair\, evide nce‑based fee discussions\, moving away from adversarial negotiation and towards transparent\, defensible positions and how the tool is being used by councils and providers together to co-create new services.\n The sess ions will be live\, practical and honest\, with plenty of space for questi ons and real‑world discussion.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.careengland.org.uk/wp-content/upload s/2026/04/imagecc.png CATEGORIES:Care England,Care England Members,Non members END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR