Institutional abuse and Evictions of Care Home Residents

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Dear Taunton Deane Borough Council,

1) Please supply information relating to the incidence of attempts by care providers to evict residents in care homes - that is, care providers giving residents notice to leave or otherwise attempting to get them to leave without their involvement in the decision or against their wishes.

Please indicate the number of cases you are aware of for the last 3 years, also indicating if and how your council responded to the situation, and what was the ultimate result of the sitaution, i.e. if and how the situation was resolved.

2) Please provide me with the number of instances your council is aware of where either CQC or local authority safeguarding procedures have substantiated allegations of insitutional abuse of a Leonard Cheshire social care service user over the past 3 years.

Further, please provide anonymised information on the alleged behaviour by Leonard Cheshire resulting in the conclusion.

Yours faithfully,

Doug Paulley

FOI-advice, Taunton Deane Borough Council

This is Taunton Deane Borough Council's response to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

RESPONSE: Taunton Deane Council does not have responsibility for care home provision.
You should direct your request to Somerset County Council www.somerset.gov.uk, unless you have already done so.

If you wish to object to our response, you can have your request and our response reviewed by an Officer of the Council by applying for a review to [Taunton Deane Borough Council request email]  or by writing to The Freedom of Information Officer, Taunton Deane Borough Council, The Deane House, Belvedere Road, Taunton TA1 1HE.

Should you remain dissatisfied after that review, you can appeal against the decision by contacting the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF.

FOI ADMINISTRATION DESK
TAUNTON DEANE BOROUGH COUNCIL

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Dear FOI-advice,

Thank you for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Doug Paulley