Market Position Statement 2024 to 2026

The MPS is part of a broader ongoing engagement process. It is how we work and support the local care market so that it can support people on the Isle of Wight to live and age well. The MPS provides information, intelligence, and analysis benefit.

It is for current and prospective providers of health and social care services.

It will form a basis for discussions between

• Isle of Wight Council
• NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight
• the local care market

• We want to work collaboratively with the market to develop new solutions for meeting the home and accommodation-based care needs of people on the Isle of Wight.
• Nationally, the use of adult residential continues to decline. The Isle of Wight has been an outlier in this respect, with a relative over provision in this sector historically. However recently there has been an improvement in this area and we remain committed to maintaining this.

• We aim to continue supporting the development of ‘Extra Care’ housing capacity. We also support other tenanted and supported housing options.
• We aim to increase the degree to which these models are used to meet the accommodation-based needs for all funded care groups.
• We encourage providers to approach us with proposals for how, together, we can do things differently. We will prioritise engagement with providers offering to increase the local supply. Also a greater degree of choice and flexibility for the local market. Particularly those who are able to respond to requests to provide care and support for local people seven days a week. This includes those supporting the transfer of care into their services on a Friday or over the weekend. 

• Flexible models of homecare, residential care and residential care with nursing care
• Solutions that include and promote the use of technology enhanced care (TEC)
• Short-term residential and nursing care and support with a focus on enablement and delivering identified goals and outcomes for local people. (Up to a maximum of 6 weeks - step-up to prevent a hospital admission, or step-down to prevent a delays in leaving hospital, including beds that support ‘discharge to assess’)
• Residential and nursing care for people with complex needs (particularly dementia and acquired brain injuries and bariatric need)
• Bed-based respite care and support for people with learning disabilities, older people including those with dementia and people with mental health needs.
• Supported living for people with learning disabilities and/or autism and/or neurodivergence.
• A broad mix of options and tailored accommodation-based support for care leavers and those who are transitioning from being supported by Childrens Service to being supported by Adult Social Care