Directorate of Social and Community Services

Libraries and Community Information

Local Studies and Archive Centre, Central Library, Townley Road, Bexleyheath, Kent. DA6 7HJ. Fax: 020 8304 7058

www.bexley.gov.uk

Doug Paulley

Sent by email: [[FOI #39504 email]]

Dear Mr Paulley,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Your request for information has now been considered and the information requested is below.

1) Please supply information relating to the incidence of attempts by care providers to evict residents in care homes - that is, care providers giving residents notice to leave or otherwise attempting to get them to leave without their involvement in the decision or against their wishes.  

None.
     
Please indicate the number of cases you are aware of for the last 3 years, also indicating if and how your council responded to the situation, and what was the ultimate result of the situation, i.e. if and how the situation was resolved.  

None. 
     
 2) Please provide me with the number of instances your council is aware of where either CQC or local authority safeguarding procedures have substantiated allegations of institutional abuse of a Leonard Cheshire social care service user over the past 3 years.  

None. 
     
Further, please provide anonymised information on the alleged behaviour by Leonard Cheshire resulting in the conclusion.  

There are no Leonard Cheshire homes in the London Borough of Bexley. The Borough in which any Leonard Cheshire service is situated would have primary responsibility for the coordination of any safeguarding concerns. Bexley would only be aware if the concerns related to a Bexley resident. We are not aware of any such referrals over the period identified.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact the FOI Review Officer at [Bexley Borough Council request email] who will arrange an internal review of the response that has been made.

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF 
Telephone:   0303 123 1113

www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

John Grosvenor

Local Studies Librarian and Freedom of Information Officer