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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Gina Pyke
8 December 2020
Dear Gina Pyke
Freedom of Information Act 2000, Reference: FOI-7545-2020 The council has completed its search relating to your request about care planning received on Wed, 18 Nov
2020.
Request • How do you currently handle care planning in your care homes - electronical y or on paper?
• If you you’re using electronic care planning, who is the current supplier, what is the value of the contract and
when wil the contact expire?
• If you use paper for care planning, do you have any plans for public tender within the next
12 months?
• What are the contact details of the procurement officer?
Response The council does hold information within the definition of your request.
• How do you currently handle care planning in your care homes - electronical y or on paper?
At the moment we are in the process of introducing electronic care planning into al our residential homes.
There are 19 residential homes (1 DMH). We have 7 homes that are now using electronic successful y with 4
more who should be working live by Christmas. The rest are stil working on paperbased at the moment.
• If you you’re using electronic care planning, who is the current supplier, what is the value of the contract and
when wil the contact expire?
Current Supplier – Liquidlogic
Value of the Contract - £443,314 (3yr contract)
Expiry of the contract – 31/03/2022
• If you use paper for care planning, do you have any plans for public tender within the next
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12 months?
The answer is no to this as we have developed our own person centred care planning documentation.
• What are the contact details of the procurement officer?
Shaun Smith (Business Systems Manager) is the system lead for the contract.
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