Spending on Occupational Health Services

Dear Ms Russell

 

Request for information (LBBD/66383)

 

Thank you for your email received today requesting data on the spend on
Occupational Health Services.

 

I have passed your letter to our Social Care Department who will assign an
officer to respond to your request by no later than 21 November 2012.

 

Whilst it is the Council policy to provide information wherever possible,
I need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.  These may prevent the Council from
releasing all or some of the information you have asked for.   You will,
however, be informed if this is the case and we will explain why.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salma Kayani

Complaints & FOI Officer

 

 

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Dear Ms. Russell,

 

LBBD/66383

 

Your FOI request has been considered and the information is set out below.

 

    1. How many OT departments are there and your designation? (i.e.:
Community, hospital)

 

There is 1 Occupational Therapy and Sensory Unit

  

 

  2. Do you have OT's funded by the NHS working as locums, if so how many
and which teams?

 

We do not have OT's funded by the NHS.

 

 

 3. What type of OT departments are there i.e. adults/ children/
equipment/ blue badge?

 

Within Barking and Dagenham Council there is just one OT service

 

 

   4. How many Permanent OT's in the department?

 

There are 8  permanent OT's .

 

     5. How many Temp/Locum OT's in the department as of 19th October

     2012?

 

There are 0 Temp/ Locum's

 

     6. How much was the spend on locum OT's by department from 1st Jan

     2012 to 19th Oct 2012?

 

There was 0 spent

 

 

     7. Do you recruit for senior OT staff as a locum?

 

We have done in the past but not for more than 2 years

 

     8. What is the management structure of the OT service?

    

I Cluster Manager and 1 unit manager

 

 

If you need any more information, or if I can be of any further help,
please contact me.

If you are not satisfied with the way that I have dealt with your request
you can make a complaint by writing to the Corporate Complaints & FOI
Team, Room 104, Town Hall, 1 Town Square, Barking IG11 7LU.  Alternatively
you can make your complaint on-line at www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk or you
can e-mail your complaint to [Barking and Dagenham Borough Council request email].

If you are still not satisfied, after following our Corporate Complaints
procedure, you can take your complaint to the Information Commissioner. 
Full details of how to do this will be made available on request.

 

Kind regards

Charlotte Owen Complaints and Information Officer, Children, Adults and
Community Services

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Room 218 | Barking Town Hall |
Barking | Essex | IG11 7LU

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