Social Care and Personal Health Budgets

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Dear Reading Borough 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, CRT, Reading Borough Council

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Dear Amy Hutchinson

 

Thank you for your request for information under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act (2000). In accordance with the Act you can
expect to receive a formal written response to your enquiry by 27^th
December, 20 working days from the date we received your request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Charlotte Almond

Customer Relations Apprentice

Customer Relations Team

Directorate of Resources

Reading Borough Council

Civic Centre, Customer Relations Team, Bridge Street

Reading, RG1 2LU

 

Team Line: 0118 937 2905 (72905 internal)

Direct Line: 0118 937 4272 (74272 internal)

 

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Direct [email address]

My Current working pattern is Monday to Friday

 

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FOI, CRT, Reading Borough Council

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Dear Ms Hutchinson

 

You submitted the FOI request below:

 

 

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

 

I have been asked to clarify whether you mean Personal Health Budgets (of
which we have none) or are you interested in Personal Budgets (which all
our people have)?

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Mr N Bullough

Senior Customer Relations Officer

Customer Relations Team| Directorate of Resources

Civic Office

Bridge Street

Reading Borough Council

RG1 2LU

0118 937 2726 (Internal ext 72726)

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