Care placements for adults with learning difficulties and epilepsy
Dear NHS Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group,
1) Please provide the names of all CQC registered residential, nursing and supported living providers commissioned to meet the needs of adults with learning disabilities and epilepsy since 1st April 2019.
2) For each of these providers, please specify the total number of placements funded through NHS Continuing Healthcare in each financial year since 1st April 2019 and the associated cost.
3) For each of these providers, please specify the total number of placements where funding has been provided through NHS Funded Nursing Care for each financial year since 1st April 2019 and the associated cost.
4) For each of these providers, please specify the total number of placements where funding has been provided through NHS Personal Budgets for each financial year since 1st April 2019 and the associated cost.
Yours faithfully,
C Waits
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working days.
Amy Hale
FOI Officer
Berkshire West CCG
Dear C Waits,
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 28th June 2022 regarding documents and services relating to Care placements for adults.
I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of Berkshire West CCG.
We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we expect to be in a position to reply to you by 25th July 2022.
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Yours sincerely,
Amy Hale PC.foi
FOI & Governance Officer
Berkshire West CCG, 57-59 Bath Road, Reading RG30 2BA
Email: [email address]
www.berkshirewestccg.nhs.uk
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Dear C Waits,
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 28th June 2022 regarding documents and services relating to Care placements for adults.
Under section 1 (1) (a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can confirm that Berkshire West CCG does hold some of the information requested. Please find attached the response to your request.
Your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and we hope that you find this response helpful.
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If you are not satisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request for information, then in accordance with the Act you may ask us to conduct a review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to [email address]
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot make a decision unless you have already exhausted NHS Berkshire West CCGs internal review procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Wycliffe Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK6 5AF.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act can be sourced on the Information Commissioner's website: http://www.ico.gov.uk/.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely,
Amy Hale
FOI & Governance Officer
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board
E: [email address] Web: bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk
Office address: NHS Berkshire West, 57-59 Bath Road, Reading, RG30 2BA
Working Hours: Mon- Weds 7am-4pm
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