Remote care home monitoring

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group,

Q1 Have you commissioned any technology to remotely monitor the patients in care homes, especially their vital signs.

If yes to Q1, what is the name of the supplier and solution.

If yes to Q1, what is the value of the contract.

If no to Q1, do you plan to introduce any solution to remotely monitor the care homes within your area? Who is responsible for this project.

Yours faithfully,

Sylvia Hu

FOITEAM (NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group

Dear Sylvia

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Thank you for your request for information received on the 24th February 2021, under the provision of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will be processing your request on behalf of the following CCGs:

• NHS Morecambe Bay CCG
• NHS East Lancashire CCG
• NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG
• NHS Blackpool CCG
• NHS West Lancashire CCG

We aim to respond to your request within 20 working days, the latest of which is the 24th March 2021, however, should any delays be anticipated we will contact you in advance to advise you of this.

Please note that during the current pandemic, many of our colleagues have been redeployed to support the wider NHS with their response to the coronavirus outbreak and as a result delays are expected and we kindly ask you to bear with us during this time. Again we will contact you where we are notified of expected delays as soon as possible.

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Yours sincerely

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Midlands and Lancashire CSU

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FOITEAM (NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Ref: FOI-1562-BP

 

Please find attached response to your freedom of information request, for
NHS Blackpool CCG

Yours sincerely       

Freedom of Information Officer

 

 

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FOITEAM (NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Ref: FOI-1562-MB

Please find attached response to your freedom of information request, for
NHS Morecombe Bay CCG

Yours sincerely       

Freedom of Information Officer

 

 

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FOITEAM (NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group

1 Attachment

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Ref: FOI-1562-WL

Please find attached response to your freedom of information request, for
NHS Morecombe Bay CCG

Yours sincerely       

Freedom of Information Officer

 

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Dear FOITEAM (NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT),

Follow up question regarding
FOI-1562-MB
for Morecambay CCG.

"NHS England supplied Oximeters, Cumbria Health on call and PDS Medical provide the daily monitoring."
Q6: Cumbria Health on call and PDS Medical you mentioned are health service providers. Are there any remote element being involved in the moniroing? (e.g. any telehealth solution being implemented? )

"£28k per provider full year effect – paid on activity since December 2020 to 31.03.2021"
Q7: Please clarify, is '28k per provider' for the whole year? or for December 2020 to 31.03.2021.

Q8: How many care homes are covered by this contract.

Yours sincerely,

Sylvia Hu