Adult Social Care

Freedom of Information Act 2000 *** Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information about adult residential care
cases held by the Council under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 [FOI] which was received on 4th February 2011. The
council has up to twenty working days to respond to you.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

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Philip Wilson
Caldicott Co-ordinator
Tel: 0121 303 9462
email: [email address]
www.birmingham.gov.uk/adults

Change Management Team
Adults and Communities Directorate
Birmingham City Council
Louisa Ryland House
44 Newhall Street
Birmingham B3 3PL

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Dear Dominic M'benga

Freedom of Information Act 2000 *** Request for Information -
[FOI #61245 email]

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please find the answer to your questions for Birmingham:-

1. How many adults in residential social care are you responsible for?
4,177

2. How many are suffering from a learning disability 867

3. How many are suffering from a brain injury - we do not record this
separately, it is included within physical disabilities, the overall
number for which is 114

4. How many are in residential care (EMI) suffering from dementia? 77 in
our 6 specialist EMI homes

5. How many are simply in residential care 540

6. How many are in nursing homes for the over 65***s 2,042

7. Please provide a breakdown of the weekly fees per adult according to
need:

Residential and nursing care for older people
Nursing care for older people, per person per week, **459.32
Residential care for older people, per person per week, **772.29

Residential and nursing care for adults with a Learning disability
Nursing care for adults with a Learning disability, per person per week,
**847.72
Residential care for adults with a Learning disability, per person per
week, **1,346.20

Residential and nursing care for adults with mental illness
Nursing care for adults with mental illness, per person per week, **390.70
Residential care for adults with mental illness, per person per week,
**784.15

Residential and nursing care for adults with a Physical disability
Nursing care for adults with a Physical disability, per person per week,
**736.01
Residential care for adults with a Physical disability, per person per
week, **768.08

8. Do you have any service users suffering from either a Brain Injury, a
learning disability or having a mental illness being cared for outside
your borough?

At present we do not capture this data

9. What services received funding for providing services to you in 2010
(e.g. Care House provided 365 average resident days @ **46,800)

Please see attached spending data.

From August 2010 the council publishes details of all expenditure over
**500 on its website. Please check this page for all details after that
date:
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellit...

Whilst we have undertaken a thorough search of the information held by
Birmingham City Council, it may be that, due to the size and amount of
information held by Birmingham City Council, some information has been
inadvertently missed. If you have any information which may assist us in
determining or locating any missed information, we would be grateful if
you would contact us with details of this information, so that we can make
a further search.
Where Birmingham City Council is the copyright holder of any information
that may be released, re-use for personal, educational or non-commercial
purposes is permitted without further reference to the City Council. Where
the re-use is for other purposes, such as commercial re-use, the applicant
should notify the City Council in writing to seek approval or agree terms
for re-use.

If you are not satisfied with the decision, you may ask for an internal
review by officers not involved in the handling of this original request.
Please contact Birmingham City Council***s central FOI Team at this
address:
Information Governance Team,
3rd Floor, 1 Lancaster Circus, Birmingham B4 7AB
Tel: 0121 303 4876 email:
[email address]

After that, if you are not satisfied with the Council***s decision you may
apply to the Information Commissioner for an independent review at this
address:
The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545700 Web: www.ico.gov.uk
Philip Wilson
Caldicott Co-ordinator
Tel: 0121 303 9462
email: [email address]
www.birmingham.gov.uk/adults

Change Management Team
Adults and Communities Directorate
Birmingham City Council
Louisa Ryland House
44 Newhall Street
Birmingham B3 3PL

Be safe! Be secure! Think privacy!

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