Institutional abuse and Evictions of Care Home Residents

Doug Paulley made this Freedom of Information request to Rushmoor Borough Council

Rushmoor Borough Council did not have the information requested.

From: Doug Paulley

25 June 2010

Dear Rushmoor Borough Council,

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.

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 sitaution, i.e.
if and how the situation was resolved.

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 insitutional abuse of
a Leonard Cheshire social care service user over the past 3 years.

Further, please provide anonymised information on the alleged
behaviour by Leonard Cheshire resulting in the conclusion.

Yours faithfully,

Doug Paulley

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From: Pat Banner
Rushmoor Borough Council

28 June 2010

Dear Mr Paulley

Further to your recent FOI request, I write to inform you that Rushmoor
Borough Council does not have responsibility for care homes.

The person to contact is Judith Downing, the FOI Officer at Hampshire
County Council ([1][email address]), unless you have already
done so.

I hope that this answers your question satisfactorily, but if you are
unhappy with the reply you have received, I attach a link to the Council's
Complaints Procedure, which is the means by which you may request the
Council to review it.

[2]http://eforms.rushmoor.gov.uk/AF3/an/def...

Alternatively a printed copy of the Comments and Complaints Leaflet is
available if you wish.

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Information Commissioner to decide whether your request for information
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FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution

Information Commissioner's Office

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Cheshire

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Tel: 01625 545 745

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Fax: 01625 524 510

An online complaints form is available on the ICO website at
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Yours sincerely

Pat Banner
Legal Services
Rushmoor Borough Council
Farnborough Road
Farnborough
Hants
GU14 7JU

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