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

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Dear Nikki Thompson

 

Access to Information Request - AIR17796C

 

I refer to your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  Your request has been considered and the
information held by the Joint Commissioning Unit is as follows:

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Question 1|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. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Response |The North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) and a number |
| |of individual private OTs/groups |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Question 2|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.|
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Response |How many requests were sent out to OTs requesting info/advice|
| |for Needs assessment and EHCP |
| | |
| |-          27 (This is the number of children who currently |
| |have/had commissioned OT that has come through the JCU in the|
| |past year. ) |
| | |
| |Numbers of requests via NELFT cannot be collated. |
| | |
| |How many outstanding |
| | |
| |-          We have 1 request for an assessment outstanding – |
| |a therapist was commissioned but parent withheld consent. |
| | |
| |Average time to respond – this can vary according to the |
| |capacity of the OT Services to respond. We do not keep data |
| |on this. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Question 3|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. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Response |We are only able to provide data on Annual Reviews. Termly |
| |reviews / half termly reviews are managed within the |
| |individual schools and the LA does no collate this data. |
| | |
| |  |
| | |
| | o Between 01/09/18 – 02/06/19 we should have received 963 |
| | annual reviews, we received 477 = 486 |
| | o The average wait time on reviews taking place in line |
| | with their due date is 2 weeks. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Question 4|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. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Response |In general the pupil’s EHCP requirements are met by the |
| |school they attend as part of the contract or we commission |
| |separately. We are aware of one pupil who we have |
| |commissioned separately for recently. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Question 5|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. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Response |None currently that have come through commissioning. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Question 6|Is there a lack of capacity within the locality OT team to |
| |provide the required volume of EHCP OT intervention required |
| |by the LEA? |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Response |All commissioned OT provision by the Council is for Sensory |
| |Integration except for 2 cases out of 27, NELFT is not |
| |commissioned to provide Sensory Integration OT services by |
| |the local CCG so in order to provide the LA commissions |
| |separately. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Question 7|Please provide the name, email and phone number of the |
| |manager responsible for commissioning OT provision on behalf |
| |of the LEA. |
|----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Response |John Green - [1][email address] 01708 434343 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

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