EHCP OT Provision

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Nikki Thompson

Dear FOI team,

Please can you provide the following information in an email format.

Who delivers OT support for children as part of the EHCP process for the LEA? For example, is this the local NHS trust, a private organisation or a combination of both.

EHCP OT advice
- The number of requests for OT advice to inform an EHCP that you have commissioned in the past 12 months
- The number of these requests still outstanding
- The average time between requesting the EHCP OT advice and the report being returned to the LEA over the past 12 months.

Reviews
- Number of outstanding EHCP termly / annual / half termly reviews under EHCP provision that are waiting to be completed.
-The average wait time for these reviews to take place.

Out of Area students
The number of children and young people who are attending an education establishment out of area and who's EHCP OT requirements are not able to be met by their education establishments locality OT service.

Intervention
Number of approved occupational therapy treatment hours on EHCP plans for students in the calendar year 2018-19 that are not currently being provided.

Is there a lack of capacity within the locality OT team to provide the required volume of EHCP OT intervention required by the LEA?

Please provide the name, email and phone number of the manager responsible for commissioning OT provision on behalf of the LEA.

Yours faithfully,

Nikki Thompson

Buckley Zoe: H&F, Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council

Dear Ms Thompson,

 

I have been reviewing old casework and I was disappointed to see that we
had not responded to your enquiry of 9^th May 2019.

 

The information request was:

 

EHCP OT advice

- The number of requests for OT advice to inform an EHCP that you have
commissioned in the past 12 months

- The number of these requests still outstanding

- The average time between requesting the EHCP OT advice and the report
being returned to the LEA over the past 12 months.

 

Reviews

- Number of outstanding  EHCP termly / annual / half termly reviews under
EHCP provision that are waiting to be completed.

-The average wait time for these reviews to take place.

 

Out of Area students

The number of children and young people who are attending an education
establishment out of area and who's EHCP OT requirements are not able to
be met by their education establishments locality OT service.

 

Intervention

Number of approved occupational therapy treatment hours on EHCP plans for
students in the calendar year 2018-19  that are not currently being
provided.

 

Is there a lack of capacity within the locality OT team to provide the
required volume of EHCP OT intervention required by the LEA?

 

Please provide the name, email and phone number of the manager responsible
for commissioning OT provision on behalf of the LEA.

 

Obviously this is a long time ago and I wonder whether the information is
of any use to you now.   Could I ask you to contact me please by 23^rd
December 2019 to let me know if you still want the information?     If I
don’t hear from you I’ll assume the information is no longer of
interest.     

 

I apologise for our failure to handle your enquiry on time. We are
currently reviewing the failure in responding and working hard to address
these issues in the future.

 

Kind Regards, 

 

 

Zoe Buckley

Resident experience manager

Environment department

Hammersmith & Fulham Council

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