Better Care Fund 2025-26 Capacity & Demand Template - Wandsworth

Q: Who completed the Better Care Fund capacity and demand template for Wandsworth and who signs it off?

Brian Roberts completed the template. The report has not been signed off by (or on behalf of) the Health and Wellbeing Board at the time of submission, marked as No.

Q: What does the template measure in the C&D Step-down section?

It shows capacity surplus values for different care pathways across months, presented both excluding and including spot purchasing.

Q: Which care pathways are included in the Capacity-Step-down section?

The template includes reablement and rehabilitation at home (pathway 1), short-term domiciliary care (pathway 1), reablement and rehabilitation in a bedded setting (pathway 2), other short-term bedded care (pathway 2), and short-term residential/nursing care leading to longer-term placement (pathway 3).

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Official Better Care Fund 2025-26 capacity and demand template for the Wandsworth Health and Wellbeing Board. Completed by Brian Roberts, it captures step-down capacity surplus and refreshed planned capacity, including scenarios with and without spot purchasing, across monthly periods from Apr-25 to Mar-26. The template also records pathway-level reablement and rehabilitation in home and bedded settings, domiciliary and short-term bedded care, and estimated referral-to-commencement timelines and average lengths of stay/contact hours.

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Official Better Care Fund 2025-26 Capacity & Demand Template 2. Cover Version 1.1 | Health and Wellbeing Board: | Wandsworth | | --- | --- | | Completed by: | Brian Roberts | | E-mail: | [brian.roberts@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk](brian.roberts@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk) | | Contact number: | (020) 8871 7653 | | Has this report been signed off by (or on behalf of) the HWB at the time of submission? | No | Thu 26/06/2025 << Please enter using the format, DD/MM/YYYY Once complete please send this template to the Better Care [Fund Team](Fund Team england.bettercarefundteam@nhs.net)[ ](Fund Team england.bettercarefundteam@nhs.net)[england.bettercarefundteam@nhs.net](Fund Team england.bettercarefundteam@nhs.net) saving the file as 'C&D-Name HWB' for example 'C&D-County Durham HWB'. Please also copy in your Better Care Manager. << Link to the Guidance sheet Official Better Care Fund 2025-26 Capacity & Demand Template 3.1. C&D Step-down Selected Health and Wellbeing Board: Wandsworth | Step-down | Capacity surplus (not including spot purchasing) | | | | | | | | | | | | Capacity surplus (including spot puchasing) | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Capacity-Demand (positive is Surp | Apr-25 | May-25 | Jun-25 | Jul-25 | Aug-25 | Sep-25 | Oct-25 | Nov-25 | Dec-25 | Jan-26 | Feb-26 | Mar-26 | Apr-25 | May-25 | Jun-25 | Jul-25 | Aug-25 | Sep-25 | Oct-25 | Nov-25 | Dec-25 | Jan-26 | Feb-26 | Mar-26 | | Reablement & Rehabilitation at home (pathway 1) | -30 | -31 | -30 | -34 | -32 | -30 | -32 | -30 | -30 | -29 | -29 | -34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Short term domiciliary care (pathway 1) | -8 | -8 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -9 | -9 | -8 | -9 | -8 | -8 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | | Reablement & Rehabilitation in a bedded setting (pathway 2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Other short term bedded care (pathway 2) | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Short-term residential/nursing care for someone likely to require a longer-term care home placement (pathway 3) | -12 | -13 | -13 | -13 | -13 | -13 | -14 | -13 | -13 | -13 | -12 | -13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Average LoS/Contact Hours per e | | | --- | --- | | Full Year | Units | | 28.3 | Contact Hours per package | | 5.04 | Contact Hours per package | | 21.86 | Average LoS (days) | | 59.8 | Average LoS (days) | | 190.4 | Average LoS (days) | Official | Capacity-Step-down | | Refreshed planned capacity (not including spot purchased capacity) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Capacity that you expect to secure through spot purchasing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Service Area | Metric | Apr-25 | May-25 | Jun-25 | Jul-25 | Aug-25 | Sep-25 | Oct-25 | Nov-25 | | Dec-25 | Jan-26 | Feb-26 | Mar-26 | Apr-25 | May-25 | Jun-25 | Jul-25 | Aug-25 | | Sep-25 | Oct-25 | Nov-25 | Dec-25 | Jan-26 | Feb-26 | Mar-26 | | Reablement & Rehabilitation at home (pathway 1) | Monthly capacity. Number of new packages commenced. | 219 | 224 | 219 | 222 | 221 | 219 | 221 | | 219 | 219 | 219 | 207 | 221 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 34 | | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 34 | | Reablement & Rehabilitation at home (pathway 1) | Estimated average time from referral to commencement of service (days) . All packages (planned and spot purchased) | 2.26 | 2.26 | 2.26 | 2.18 | 2.18 | 2.18 | 2.09 | | 2.09 | 2.09 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Short term domiciliary care (pathway 1) | Monthly capacity. Number of new packages commenc

FAQs

Who completed the Better Care Fund capacity and demand template for Wandsworth and who signs it off?

Brian Roberts completed the template. The report has not been signed off by (or on behalf of) the Health and Wellbeing Board at the time of submission, marked as No.

What does the template measure in the C&D Step-down section?

It shows capacity surplus values for different care pathways across months, presented both excluding and including spot purchasing.

Which care pathways are included in the Capacity-Step-down section?

The template includes reablement and rehabilitation at home (pathway 1), short-term domiciliary care (pathway 1), reablement and rehabilitation in a bedded setting (pathway 2), other short-term bedded care (pathway 2), and short-term residential/nursing care leading to longer-term placement (pathway 3).

Sep 12, 2026

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