Elderly home care information

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Dear Richmond upon Thames Borough Council,

I would like to obtain the following information under the FOI Act regarding elderly (65+) domiciliary care in your local authority.

1. The number of weekly hours commissioned to private domiciliary care providers (split into requested by users and awarded to providers if possible)
2. The estimated annual spend commissioned for Adult Social Care through private domiciliary care providers (split into budgeted / spent if possible)
3. The type of agreements held with private domiciliary care providers commissioned to deliver Adult Social Care services such as frameworks, Spot Contracts, Block Contracts etc and their start/end dates, and the proportion of the split
4. When you anticipate retendering for elderly domiciliary care services
5. The names of the current elderly domiciliary care providers commissioned in your authority
6. A contact name, email address and contact number of the person responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your authority
7. The number of 65+ currently receiving a direct payment within your local authority
8. Does the council have a target to increase the number of individuals using a direct payment? If so what is this target?
9. The number of 65+ that require social care to now compared with 2010
10. Changes in spending on adult elderly social care per adult between 2010 and 2016
11. Proportion of 65+ care users who self-fund their care

Yours faithfully,

Melvin

FOI, Richmond upon Thames Borough Council

Handle as: Official

Our Ref: L/KU/richmond21244

 

Dear Melvin

Thank you for your request for information received on 16 August 2017.

Your request is being considered and the information will be provided
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Hi there

May I know if there is any update to my request? Thanks!

Yours sincerely,

Melvin

FOI, Richmond upon Thames Borough Council

Handle as: Official.
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Dear Melvin,

We have chased the relevant department and they have advised they hope to
be able to provide you with a substantive response by the end of this
week.

We apologise for the delay and any inconvenience caused.

Kind Regards

Miss Bunmi Ogunseye
FOI & Accountability Manager
Serving Richmond and Wandsworth Council
020 8891 7135
+ [1][email address]
[2]www.richmond.gov.uk / [3]www.wandsworth.gov.uk

Our Ref: richmond21244\848033

Tania Robinson, Richmond upon Thames Borough Council

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Our Ref: TR/richmond21244

 

Dear Melvin,

 

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Your request for information which was received on 16 August 2017 has been
considered.  Please accept our sincere apologies for the delayed response.

 

Please find our response below.

 

Your request:

 

I would like to obtain the following information under the FOI Act
regarding elderly (65+) domiciliary care in your local authority.

 

1. The number of weekly hours commissioned to private domiciliary care
providers (split into requested by users and awarded to providers if
possible)

2. The estimated annual spend commissioned for Adult Social Care through
private domiciliary care providers (split into budgeted / spent if
possible)

3. The type of agreements held with private domiciliary care providers
commissioned to deliver Adult Social Care services such as frameworks,
Spot Contracts, Block Contracts etc and their start/end dates, and the
proportion of the split

4. When you anticipate retendering for elderly domiciliary care services

5. The names of the current elderly domiciliary care providers
commissioned in your authority

6. A contact name, email address and contact number of the person
responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your authority

7. The number of 65+ currently receiving a direct payment within your
local authority

8. Does the council have a target to increase the number of individuals
using a direct payment? If so what is this target?

9. The number of 65+ that require social care to now compared with 2010

10. Changes in spending on adult elderly social care per adult between
2010 and 2016

11. Proportion of 65+ care users who self-fund their care

 

Our response:

 

Please see attached 21244_1.

 

I hope you are satisfied with this response.

 

If you are dissatisfied please let us know in writing, setting out your
reasons why and send to:

 

FOI & Complaints Manager

FOI & Complaints Team

3rd Floor Civic Centre

44 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BZ

E-mail: [1][Richmond upon Thames Borough Council request email]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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