Market reports
Medway
Medway is a substantial adult social care market with a clearer distinction between mainstream capacity and specialist shortages than headline population figures alone would suggest.
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- Adult social care market
Adult Social Care in Medway: Capacity, Demand and the Market Outlook
Medway adult social care: 293k residents, 67 care homes, 1,756 beds, homecare framework pressure and specialist dementia and nursing gaps.
- Key local challenges
The Key Challenges Facing Adult Social Care in Medway
Seventeen pressures on Medway adult social care: rising demand, dementia and nursing gaps, homecare quality, workforce, discharge, fees and commissioning.
- Starting a care service
Starting an Adult Social Care Service in Medway: What the Market Evidence Shows
Starting a care service in Medway: test client group, fees and planned council capacity before CQC registration. Selective gaps in dementia and nursing care.
- Primary care market
Primary Care in Medway: Demand, Access and the Local Market
Primary care in Medway: health inequalities, GP pressure, 51 pharmacies, neighbourhood health and NHS Kent and Medway ICB commissioning context.
Thinking of starting a care service in Medway?
Should I Start? gives a first reading on whether a care business looks commercially attractive in a given area, before you spend money on care registration.