Social Care and Personal Health Budgets

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Dear Plymouth City Council,

I am interested in social care and personal health budgets in the local authority, under the FOI act, could you please provide me with a response to the attached document
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions,

Social Care Financial Review
1. Has the council undertaken any financial reviews to identify erroneous payments with regards to social care funding allocation or payments in the last five financial-years (2012/13 – 2017/18)?
a. If so, please state who conducted this review?
b. What was the period covered in the review?
c. Description of the review which was conducted?
d. What was the value of the erroneous payments identified?
e. Of which, how much was recovered?
f. How much did the third-party charge for the review?

Personal Health Budgets
1. Please provide the Councils spend on social care personal health budgets (PHBs) for
a. 2016/17
b. 2017/18

2. Please provide the number of patients the Council has on social care PHBs for
a. 2016/17
b. 2017/18

3. Does the council have any targets associated to the expansion of patients receiving a PHB?
a. If so, please provide detail of the targets (please include if applicable, detail of the proportion increase or target number and the year set to achieve)

4. Does the council use any third-party system to process the PHB payments?
a. If yes, please state the third-party system
b. Contract start date
c. Contract end date
d. Annual cost to the council for this system in 17/18?

5. Do patients receiving a PHB have to evidence their spending?
a. If yes, please provide detail on this process

Social Care Spend and Patient Numbers
6. Please provide the number of organisations which provide social care services to the council by setting type in 2016/17 and 2017/18
a. Nursing home
b. Residential care homes
c. Domiciliary care providers
d. Supported accommodation

7. Please provide the associated costs to the Council for these services, by setting type in 2016/17 and 2017/18
a. Nursing home
b. Residential care homes
c. Domiciliary care providers
d. Supported accommodation

8. Please provide the number of patients receiving social care support for 2016/17 and 2017/18 split by the following types of care:
a. Physical support
b. Sensory support
c. Support with memory and cognition
d. Learning disability support
e. Mental health support
f. total

Many thanks for the time taken on this request,

Yours faithfully,

Amy Hutchinson

FOI People, Plymouth City Council

Dear Ms Hutchinson

FOI Reference: 904627

Thank you for your request for information about personal health budgets. Your request was received on 28 November 2018 and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will aim to provide a response to your request within 20 working days, that is by 28 December 2018. Our response will be sent by email or hard copy depending on how you made your request and how the information is held.

If we're unable to gather the information you've asked for within the cost limit set by the government, which is 18 hours of staff time or £450, we will contact you to discuss how we can meet your information needs within this limit.

Information about the Freedom of Information Act 2000 can be found on the Information Commissioners Office website: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/off...

We also have information available on our website: https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/aboutcouncil...

Please contact me if you're not able to find the information you're looking for.

For information about how Plymouth City Council will use the information you supply when making a request and the information rights you have please see our Privacy Notice: Information Access - Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations.

Yours sincerely

Hayley Stevens
Information Access Officer
Finance
Plymouth City Council
West Hoe Road
Plymouth
PL1 3BJ
T +441752398169
E [email address]
www.plymouth.gov.uk

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FOI People, Plymouth City Council

Dear Ms Hutchinson

FOI Reference: 904627

Thank you for your request for information about social care. Your request was received on 28 November 2018 and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

To help us to identify the information you would like please could you clarify the following:

Q1. Are you asking about allocation or payment made to Service Users or Providers of Social Care to Service Users, or both?

We will aim to provide a response to your request within 20 working days of receiving this information from you. Unfortunately, we will be unable to progress your request without this.

Information about the Freedom of Information Act 2000 can be found on the Information Commissioners Office website: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/off...

We also have information available on our website: https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/aboutcouncil...

Please contact me using the details below if you're not able to find the information you're looking for.

For information about how Plymouth City Council will use the information you supply when making a request and the information rights you have please see our Privacy Notice: Information Access - Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations.

Yours sincerely

Hayley Stevens
Information Access Officer
Finance
Plymouth City Council
West Hoe Road
Plymouth
PL1 3BJ
T +441752398169
E [email address]
www.plymouth.gov.uk

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FOI People, Plymouth City Council

Dear Ms Hutchinson

Just a courtesy reminder that we have sought clarification regarding this request.

Many Thanks

Hayley Stevens
Information Access Officer
Finance
Plymouth City Council
West Hoe Road
Plymouth
PL1 3BJ

T +441752398169
E [email address]
www.plymouth.gov.uk

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