Social Care OT Waiting List

Dear FOI team,

Please provide the following information in an email format:

1. Please confirm your OT waiting list status, including:
a. The total number of cases
b. No of Adult service user cases
c. No of Paediatric service user cases
d. A breakdown of service users waiting by:
i. DFG,
ii. Moving & Handling
iii. Functional assessment
iv. Other
e. The mean average wait in months for an OT assessment in the last 12 months (if not recorded: please state your current longest and shortest case wait in months)

2. What percentage of your OT assessment service has been outsource in the last 12 months?

3. If the service is being outsourced to the NHS:
a. Is the service being delivered under section 75 agreement? Yes/No
b. Who is the main contact responsible for the delivery of the OT assessments service within the NHS?
i. Name
ii. Job title
iii. Email
iv. Telephone number

4. If the service is commission to an independent provider:
a. Can you advise what commissioning mechanism you use:
i. Through frameworks (If so, where is your framework published?)
ii. Direct relationships
iii. Preferred Supplier lists
iv. Other (please elaborate)

b. Who is your current independent provider(s) for OT Assessments:
i. Name of supplier(s)
ii. The number of cases outsourced and a cost paid per assessment (on average if easier)
iii. The forecast total value spent during the contract term
iv. Contract start date
v. Contract end date

5. Who is your current community equipment provider for the OT assessment service?
i. Name of supplier(s)
ii. Total spend for 2023/24 financial year
iii. When is the contract end date

6. Who is the main contact responsible for the OT services at the Council?
i. Name
ii. Job title
iii. Email
iv. Telephone Number

I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Charlton

Dear FOI,

I can see that a response is now delayed and that the authority should normally have responded promptly and by 11 June 2024.

Please can you advise when I can expect an answer.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Charlton

Dear FOI

Thank you for your message, I look forward to hearing from you further.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Charlton

Dear FOI,

Thank you for your valued response.

In regards to question 1c, you have stated that information for paediatric cases are not applicable.

Please can you advise who is accountable for paediatric cases if not the County Council?

Please can you also confirm whether the council outsources any OT services?

Yours sincerely,

Ian Charlton