OT Assessment Waiting List Figures

Dear Ms Thompson

Thank you for your information request dated 2 May 2019 (received by Angus Council on that same day).

If we are unable to provide you with a response within 20 working days, we will advise you of this in writing.

Please refer to the information below which explains your right to complain if you are unhappy with how the Council is dealing with your request.

If you have any queries, please ask for me on 01307 491808 or email [Angus Council request email]

Yours sincerely
Cath Bowman

Cath Bowman | Admin Assistant (Info Gov)| Place |Legal and Democratic| Angus Council | Angus House | Orchardbank |Forfar| DD8 1AN |Tel 01307 491808 | [email address] | [email address]

Could we have used Skype instead

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004
INSPIRE (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2009

Your Right to Request a Review by the Council

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Angus Council has dealt with your request for information under any of the above statutory instruments, you have a right to ask the council to review its actions and/or decisions regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you should make your request to the Service Leader – Legal & Democratic, Place Directorate, Angus Council, Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN or e-mail [Angus Council request email] within 40 working days.

Your request must:
be in writing (or recordable format);
give your name and address for correspondence;
give details of the information which you originally requested from the council; and
give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which your application for information has been dealt with.

Your application for review will then be considered by the council’s review panel. The review panel will write to you informing you of its decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.

Your Right to Appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner

If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the council's review panel (or where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the council in accordance with the above statutory instruments.

Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must:
be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);
give your name and address for correspondence.
give details of the request for information which you originally requested from the council;
give details of why you were dissatisfied with the council’s response to your original request;
give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision of the council's review panel.

In the case of an EIR or FOI request your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of receipt of the decision of the council’s review panel (or within 6 months of the date that the review panel should have responded). No such time limit applies under the 2009 Regulations.

Appeals to the Commissioner can be lodged online through the following hyperlink:
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourR... or by contacting:

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611; Email - [email address]

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Dear Ms Thompson

Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information dated 2 May 2019 (received by
Angus Health and Social Care Partnership on the same day) which has been
passed to me for attention.

You have requested the following information and I have provided our
response in bold type.

1. The current length of the OT waiting list.  Please include:

The total number of cases (Adult and paediatric figures) - 74, 3 of which
are under 18

The approximate wait in months for an OT assessment – 2 months

A breakdown of case category numbers i.e. DFG, Moving & Handling – we do
not record the reason for referral in this way

2. If you have used an external independent occupational therapy
organisation in the last 12 months (1st May 2018 -30th April 2019) and if
so:

Their name

The number of cases outsourced and a cost paid per assessment (on average
if easier) The total value spent with them during this timeframe If the
work was tendered If the supplier is under a contract what is the end
contract date.

We have not used an independent OT contractor in the last year

3. If there are any current vacant posts in the OT team and the total
unspent salary value of these posts for the past 12 months (1st May 2018 -
30th April 2019)

We have 1 OT vacancy but have just made an appointment to this post.

We have two OT Assistant vacancies; one has been advertised and we are
considering whether to advertise the other one at this stage.

4. The name, email and contact number of the person responsible for
commissioning independent OT assessments on behalf of the Council.

Vicky Irons, Chief Officer

Email: [1][email address],

Telephone: Angus Council AccessLine: 03452 777 778

The personal details of staff below Chief Officer level are exempt from
release under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland)
Act 2002 as it is personal information about another individual. The
Health and Social Care Partnership is unable to release personal
information about another individual where this would contravene any of
the data protection principles as officers below Chief Officer level have
the legitimate interest and reasonable expectation that their details are
not made available to the public at large or published on the internet.

In compiling responses to information requests we invariably use
information which is routinely published on the [2]Partnership’s website
or through its [3]Publication Scheme.  If you require further information
please first check that the information you want is not routinely
published as any such information is exempt from release in terms of
Section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 or Regulation
6(1)(b) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

I hope that this information is of some help to you.  Please note that the
information contained in this reply is believed to be accurate as at
today’s date (unless otherwise indicated) but no warranty is given. 
Further, Angus Health and Social Care Partnership does not accept
liability for any loss, injury or damage which arises from the use of the
information contained in this reply either by you or by any other party. 
Please refer to the information set out in the Appendix which explains
your right to complain if you are unhappy with how the Partnership has
dealt with your request.

If you have any queries, please ask for me on 03452 777 778 or e-mail 
[4][email address]

Yours sincerely

[5]Sig

Keith Whitefield

Data Protection Officer

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APPENDIX

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004

INSPIRE (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2009

Your Right to Complain to Angus Health and Social Care Partnership

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the Partnership has dealt
with your request for information under any of the above statutory
instruments, you have a right to ask the council to review its actions
and/or decisions regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you
should make your request to the Chief Officer, Angus Health and Social
Care Partnership, Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN
or e-mail [6][email address] within 40 working days.

Your request must:

·         be in writing (or recordable format);

·         give your name and address for correspondence;

·         give details of the information which you originally requested
from the council;  and

·         give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which
your application for information has been dealt with.

Your application for review will then be considered by the Partnership’s
review panel.  The review panel will write to you informing you of its
decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for
a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its
reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.

Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner:

If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the Partnership’s review panel
(or where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have
the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision
as to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the
council in accordance with the above statutory instruments.

Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must:

o be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);

o give your name and address for correspondence.
o give details of the request for information which you originally
requested from Angus Health and Social Care Partnership;
o give details of why you were dissatisfied with the Partnership’s
response to your original request;
o give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision of the
Partnership’s review panel.

In the case of an EIR or FOI request your application to the Scottish
Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of receipt of the
decision of the Partnership’s review panel (or within 6 months of the date
that the review panel should have responded).  No such time limit applies
under the INSPIRE (Scotland) 2009 Regulations.

The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St
Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611;
Email - [email address])

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