EHCP OT Provision

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Nikki Thompson

Dear FOI team,

Please can you provide the following information in an email format.

Who delivers OT support for children as part of the EHCP process for the LEA? For example, is this the local NHS trust, a private organisation or a combination of both.

EHCP OT advice
- The number of requests for OT advice to inform an EHCP that you have commissioned in the past 12 months
- The number of these requests still outstanding
- The average time between requesting the EHCP OT advice and the report being returned to the LEA over the past 12 months.

Reviews
- Number of outstanding EHCP termly / annual / half termly reviews under EHCP provision that are waiting to be completed.
-The average wait time for these reviews to take place.

Out of Area students
The number of children and young people who are attending an education establishment out of area and who's EHCP OT requirements are not able to be met by their education establishments locality OT service.

Intervention
Number of approved occupational therapy treatment hours on EHCP plans for students in the calendar year 2018-19 that are not currently being provided.

Is there a lack of capacity within the locality OT team to provide the required volume of EHCP OT intervention required by the LEA?

Please provide the name, email and phone number of the manager responsible for commissioning OT provision on behalf of the LEA.

Yours faithfully,

Nikki Thompson

foi, Greenwich Borough Council

Dear  Sir/Madam

 

Freedom of Information request:  FOI-27550

 

Thank you for your request dated 08 May 2019

 

Your request will be answered by 06 June 2019

 

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Jackie Jago

Head of Corporate Services

Corporate Services

Directorate of Communities & Environment

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

' 020 8921 5044

*   Room 20 Basement The Town Hall, Wellington Street, London SE18 6PW

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foi, Greenwich Borough Council

Dear Sir/Madam

 

Freedom of Information request:  FOI-27550

 

Thank you for your request dated 08 May 2019

 

Our response is as follows:

 

·       Please contact Oxleas NHS direct for this information

Who delivers OT support for children as part of the EHCP process for the
LEA? For example, is this the local NHS trust, a private organisation or a
combination of both.

 

EHCP OT advice

- The number of requests for OT advice to inform an EHCP that you have
commissioned in the past 12 months

- The number of these requests still outstanding

 - The average time between requesting the EHCP OT advice and the report
being returned to the LEA over the past 12 months.

 

Reviews

- Number of outstanding  EHCP termly / annual / half termly reviews under
EHCP provision that are waiting to be completed.

-The average wait time for these reviews to take place.

 

Out of Area students

The number of children and young people who are attending an education
establishment out of area and who's EHCP OT requirements are not able to
be met by their education establishments locality OT service.

 

Intervention

Number of approved occupational therapy treatment hours on EHCP plans for
students in the calendar year 2018-19  that are not currently being
provided.

 

Is there a lack of capacity within the locality OT team to provide the
required volume of EHCP OT intervention required by the LEA?

 

Please provide the name, email and phone number of the manager responsible
for commissioning OT provision on behalf of the LEA.

 

 

If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact me,
quoting the reference number above.

 

If you are not satisfied with our response to your request, you can ask
for an Internal Review.  Internal review requests must be submitted within
two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
request.  If you wish to do this, please contact us in writing, setting
out why you are dissatisfied.

 

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Internal Review procedure provided by the Council. You can contact the ICO
by emailing [1][email address], or by post at Customer Contact,
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Jackie Jago

Head of Corporate Services

Corporate Services

Directorate of Communities & Environment

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

' 020 8921 5044

*   Room 20 Basement The Town Hall, Wellington Street, London SE18 6PW

8 www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk

 

ü Please consider the environment before printing this email

 

 

 

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