EHCP OT Provision

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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

foi, Middlesbrough Council

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Dear Ms Thompson

 

REF NO: 014457  

 

I am writing to confirm that Middlesbrough Council has now completed its
search for the information you requested on 2 May 2019. 

 

In your request you asked for the following information:

 

1. The current length of the OT waiting list.  Please include:

The total number of cases

The approximate wait in months for an OT assessment.

Adult and paediatric figures.

A breakdown of case category numbers i.e. DFG, Moving & Handling

 

Response:

 

Current length of Adults waiting list - 2 weeks, no. waiting for
assessment - 48

     Current length of Paediatric waiting list - 2 weeks, no. waiting for
assessment - 3.

     Breakdown of adults waiting list

·        DFG - 14

·        Seating - 4

·        General - 12

·        Rehousing - 2

·        Moving and handling - 9

·        Equipment - 7

 

·        Breakdown of Paediatric waiting list

·        Moving and handling - 2

·        DFG - 1

 

2. If you have used an external independent occupational therapy
organisation in the last 12 months (1st May 2018 -30th April 2019) and if
so:

Their name The number of cases outsourced and a cost paid per assessment
(on average if easier) The total value spent with them during this
timeframe If the work was tendered If the supplier is under a contract
what is the end contract date.

 

Response: We have not used an external agency in the last 12 months

 

3. If there are any current vacant posts in the OT team and the total
unspent salary value of these posts for the past 12 months (1st May 2018 -
30th April 2019)

 

Response: Currently we have no vacancies for Occupational therapists.

 

4. The name, email and contact number of the person responsible for
commissioning independent OT assessments on behalf of the Council.

 

Response: Carol Martin OT Team Manager

 

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