Adult Social Care in Buckinghamshire

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Dear Buckinghamshire Council,

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI)

Please can you answer the following questions regarding Adult Social Care in your jurisdiction:

1. The current average number of weekly hours commissioned to private domiciliary care providers for Adult Social Care as of August 2020.

2. The estimated Annual Spend commissioned for Adult Domiciliary Care through private domiciliary care providers (Based on 2019 data).

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.

4. The lowest and highest charge rates per hour of domiciliary care charged to the local authority for Adult Social care commissioned through private domiciliary care providers.

5. The authority’s “Usual Rate” (if this exists) per hour paid to providers of homecare services in Community Settings

6. When do you anticipate re-tendering for domiciliary care services for Adult Social Care?

7. The contact Name, Email address and Contact number of the person responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your authority.

8. Are commissioned providers required to use real-time electronic monitoring to provide data to the local authority and if so which system?

9. The number of service users currently receiving a direct payment within your local authority.

Yours faithfully,

Vivek Sharma

Buckinghamshire Council

 

 

 

 

Dear Vivek Sharma

 

Thank you for your information request received on 26 August 2020.

 

We can confirm receipt of your request for information and will handle it
under the most appropriate legislation. 

Your case reference number is FOI 15533.

 

You can expect to receive a response by 24 September 2020.

 

The Council will be in touch if we need any further information.

 

Yours sincerely,

Information Management Team

Buckinghamshire Council

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Dear Ms Sharma

FOI 15533

Thank you for your request for information regarding Adult Social Care.
 

This request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

 

I can confirm that Buckinghamshire Council does hold information falling
within the description specified in your request. 

 

Please find the relevant details below.

1. The current average number of weekly hours commissioned to private
domiciliary care providers for Adult Social Care as of August 2020.
14,700

2. The estimated Annual Spend commissioned for Adult Domiciliary Care
through private domiciliary care providers (Based on 2019 data).
16 million

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.
Spot and block - start date April 2016 end date Oct 2021 with 2 year
extension option.

4. The lowest and highest charge rates per hour of domiciliary care
charged to the local authority for Adult Social care commissioned through
private domiciliary care providers.
£19.56-£20.45

5. The authority’s “Usual Rate” (if this exists) per hour paid to
providers of homecare services in Community Settings
No usual rate

6. When do you anticipate re-tendering for domiciliary care services for
Adult Social Care?
Within the next 3 years

7. The contact Name, Email address and Contact number of the person
responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your authority.
Sarah Burke [1][email address] 07827281860

8. Are commissioned providers required to use real-time electronic
monitoring to provide data to the local authority and if so which system?
Yes- system not specified by the Council

9. The number of service users currently receiving a direct payment within
your local authority.
1484 

Please note:
On 1 April 2020, the new Buckinghamshire Council replaced the five former
councils in Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury Vale District Council,
Buckinghamshire County Council, Chiltern District Council, South Bucks
District Council and Wycombe District Council).

 

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attachments, and all copies must be deleted immediately. If you do receive
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confidentiality or privilege is not waived or lost. 

Buckinghamshire Council may monitor the contents of emails sent and
received via its network for the purposes of ensuring compliance with
relevant legislation and the Council’s policies and procedures. All such
monitoring will take place in accordance with relevant legislation
including privacy and data protection legislation. For details of how
Buckinghamshire Council uses personal information please see the Council’s
website.

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