Wiltshire deal marks ‘milestone’ for Mears

Mears believes it will be one step ahead of the competition as more local authorities look to pay providers by results, following the operators’ joint venture with Wiltshire county council. Mears described the move away from the time and task model to outcome-based commissioning in its pre-trading update as its most important milestone since entering into care and an important development in the domiciliary market in the UK’.