Interim Care Beds and Intermediate Care Beds for older people aged 65 or over
Dear North Lanarkshire Council,
FOI request
Interim Care Beds and Intermediate Care Beds for older people aged 65 or over
Please advise as at 26th November 2021:
Interim Care Beds
1) The number of older people aged 65 or above currently living in a care home as an interim placement and the date each interim placement began.
The total number of different care homes those interim placements are in.
2) The number of care homes with 5 or more older persons in interim placements
3) If you have commissioned and contracted "block" contracts or similar contracts for interim care beds for older peole please state the number of care homes with such contracted beds and the number of interim care places contracted in each of those care homes
4) the number of older people aged 65 or over in an interim care bed/ward in a hospital setting (if any)
Intermediate Care Beds
5) the number of older people aged 65 or over currently in a care home in intermediate care beds and the number of different care homes they are in.
6) If you have commissioned and contracted "block" contracts or similar contracts for intermediate care beds for older people please state the number of care homes with such contracted beds and the number of intemediate care beds contracted in each of those care homes
7) the number of older people aged 65 or over in intermediate care beds in a hospital setting and the number of different hospitals they are in
Kind regards
Mr Kingston
Dear Sir/madam
I acknowledge receipt of your request which is receiving attention.
I shall contact you again when I am in a position to respond more fully to your request.
Yours sincerely
Angelene Kirkpatrick
For Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
North Lanarkshire Council
Civic Centre
Windmillhill Street
Motherwell
ML1 1AB
Working from home
Please contact via email
Dear Mr. Kingston
Request for Information
I refer again to your e-mail dated 26 November 2021 seeking information in
relation to interim care beds and intermediate care beds for older people
aged 65 or over.
Having investigated, my response to your seven questions is as follows:-
Interim Care Beds
(1) There are 10 older people aged 65 or above currently living in a
care home as an interim placement. The dates the placements began is as
follows:-
24/11/2021
29/10/2021
25/11/2021
25/10/2021
09/11/2021
26/11/2021
23/11/2021
28/11/2021
05/08/2021
24/09/2021
(2) The number of care homes with 5 or more older persons in interim
placements is 6.
(3) North Lanarkshire Council have not commissioned and contracted
"block" contracts or similar contracts.
(4) I can advise that the information requested is not held and in
terms of Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I must
advise you of this.
Intermediate Care Beds
(5)/(6) North Lanarkshire Council do not contract for intermediate care
beds. Muirpark (NLC operated) has a total of 20 short stay beds mostly
used for respite and rehabilitation.
(7) I can advise that the information requested is not held and in
terms of Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I must
advise you of this.
I can advise that North Lanarkshire Council, having regard to the
provisions of Section 21 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002, has established a procedure whereby any person who has requested
information and is in any way dissatisfied with the decision on that
request, can within forty working days require a review of that decision
by writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Solutions, Civic Centre,
Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB. Accordingly, if you are
dissatisfied with this decision and seek such review please write to the
Head of Legal and Democratic Solutions.
I would advise, also, that in terms of Section 47 of the Act a person who
is dissatisfied with a notice given by the local authority under Section
21 of the Act - ie. a notice following a review of a decision by a local
authority, or by the failure of a local authority to give such a notice -
may make application to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a
decision as to whether, in any respect specified in that application, the
request for information to which the requirement relates has been dealt
with in accordance with the Act. Such an application must be made within
six months of the review decision and be in writing or in another form
which, by reason of it having some permanency is capable of being used for
subsequent reference. The application must state the name of the
applicant, and provide an address for correspondence. The application must
also specify the request for information to which the requirement for
review relates, the matter which gave rise to the applicant’s
dissatisfaction with the original decision of the local authority and the
matter which gives rise to the applicant’s dissatisfaction with the
decision on review by the local authority or the failure of the local
authority to issue such a decision. The Scottish Information Commissioner
can be contacted as follows:-
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St. Andrews
KY16 9DS
email: [1][email address]
Appeals to the Scottish Information Commissioner can also be made online
via the following link: -
[2]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal
I hope this information is sufficient for your purpose. If, however, you
require further information – or I can assist in any other way – please
let me know.
Yours sincerely
Jacqueline Keachie
For Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
North Lanarkshire Council
Contact by email
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