Announcing Rostrata’s In-Process Assurance – an immediate fix for the funding oversight gap in social care
Social care funding is in real difficulty. Millions of pounds of public funding sits unused in individual budgets, care providers face cash-flow pressures, and commissioners lack real-time visibility of care delivered, payments made and risks emerging. Too often, problems only become visible after the event – when financial pressures, service failures or safeguarding concerns may already have taken hold.
So this autumn at Alocura we’ve launched a simple fix. Our end-to-end care-management platform Rostrata now has a new Budget and Cash Management module; moving social care from retrospective audit to proactive, real-time assurance.
Built into the Rostrata platform, it connects care delivery, workforce records, timesheets and payment requests, assessing claims against an individual’s agreed Care and Support Plan before payment is approved.
The result? A more transparent, collaborative approach to managing individual budgets and assuring the care being delivered.
How does it work?
For care providers: Approved claims can be paid weekly, improving cash flow and reducing the gap between delivering care and receiving payment. Greater visibility of income, staffing costs and utilisation also supports better business decisions
For commissioners and funders: Live oversight of budget utilisation, care delivery, claims, payments and emerging risks. Underused budgets and deviations from agreed care plans can be identified earlier, allowing action before problems escalate.
We’re not just digitising financial information here; Rostrata is changing the approach from retrospective checks to proactive assurance, earlier intervention and better-informed decisions.
By connecting the Care and Support Plan, care delivery, payment and oversight in one transparent process, Rostrata helps build stronger providers, more confident commissioners and, ultimately, better outcomes for the people at the heart of social care.
Find out how the Budget and Cash Management Module fits into Rostrata’s suite here.