CCG Headquar
ters
55 Woodgate
From the office of:
Mr Ket Chudasama
Loughboro
ugh
Leicestershire
Telephone:
01509 567783
LE11 2TZ
Our ref:
WL100818
Tel: 01509 567 700
Fax: 01509 567 792
31 August 2018
By email to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Ms Hornett
Freedom of Information Request
Response from West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
Thank you for your request which was received by West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
(WLCCG) on Monday 6th August 2018, for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please find below your questions for ease of reference (in italics) and the organisation’s response.
Question 1: How many adults in your CCG currently receive NHS Continuing Healthcare?
Response to Q1: 1088.
Question 2: How many adults in your CCG currently receive each of the following:
a)
Fully funded NHS Continuing Healthcare packages of care?
b)
Joint funded Local Authority / NHS Continuing Healthcare packages of care?
c)
NHS funded nursing care?
d)
“Care at Home” NHS Continuing Healthcare packages care?
Response to Q2: Please see below.
a) 346
b) 207
c) 259
d) 153
Question 3: What was the total NHS Continuing Healthcare budget for adults in your CCG in the year
2017-18?
Response to Q3: £28,146,083.
Question 4: What was the actual amount spent on NHS Continuing Healthcare for adults by your
CCG in the year 2017-18?
Response to Q4: £30,866,308.
Chair: Professor Mayur Lakhani
Question 5: For each of the following categories, what was the actual amount spent by your CCG in
the year 2017-18 for those adults in receipt of:
a)
Fully funded NHS Continuing Healthcare packages of care?
b)
Joint funded Local Authority / NHS Continuing Healthcare packages of care?
c)
NHS funded nursing care?
d)
“Care at Home” NHS Continuing Healthcare packages of care?
Response to Q5: Please see below.
a) £14,134,510
b) £6,836,070
c) £1,781,000
d) We do not hold this information. The financial ledger does not break information down into the
category specified.
Question 6: What is your CCG’s total NHS Continuing Healthcare budget for adults for the year 2018-
19?
Response to Q6: £34,876,346.
Question 7: What is your CCG’s total anticipated NHS Continuing Healthcare budget for adults for
the year 2019-20? Response to Q7: £37,365,000.
Question 8: What is your CCG’s total anticipated NHS Continuing Healthcare budget for adults for
the year 2020-21?
Response to Q8: £39,201,000.
Question 9: What activities are being undertaken to prepare all appropriate staff for the
implementation of the revised National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare which takes effect
from 1st October 2018?
Response to Q9: Training has been arranged for all Senior Managers within the Continuing
Healthcare (CHC) Team at Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit. Senior Managers
will cascade information to team members respectively. CCG staff will also attend relevant training
courses if appropriate.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request please contact the
Corporate Affairs Officer. They can be contacted by writing to the following address:
Corporate Affairs Officer
West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
55 Woodgate
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 2TZ
If you are still not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to the Information Commissioner
(ICO) who is the statutory regulator. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have
exhausted WLCCG’s complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
T: 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745
E: xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx. Yours Sincerely,
Ket Chudasama
Director of Performance & Corporate Affairs
t: 01509 567702
