Subject: Telecare monitoring – in-house or outsourced provision
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
Please can you provide under the Freedom of Information Act details with respect to your provision of assisted technology and monitoring services provided by the local authority:
1. Does the local authority provide telecare monitoring services in-house or are these services outsourced to a third party?
2. If the monitoring services are delivered by the local authority can you please provide contact details of the person managing the service (please provide name, job title, email address and phone number)
3. If the monitoring services are provided by a third party, please supply the name of the organisation.
4. If the monitoring services are delivered by the local authority can you please supply the name of the platform used.
5. How far ahead are you with the analogue to digital switch?
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Delany
Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA
Contact: Information Team
[email address]
Dear Andrew Delany
Request FOI/10334
Further to your request received on 29/07/2024, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. For ease of reference, I will now address each of your questions in
turn.
1. Does the local authority provide telecare monitoring services in-house
or are these services outsourced to a third party?
Monitoring is outsourced.
2. If the monitoring services are delivered by the local authority can you
please provide contact details of the person managing the service (please
provide name, job title, email address and phone number)
N/A
3. If the monitoring services are provided by a third party, please supply
the name of the organisation.
Appello
4. If the monitoring services are delivered by the local authority can you
please supply the name of the platform used.
N/A
5. How far ahead are you with the analogue to digital switch?
Just under half of our clients are using digital units, or using digital
ready units.
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Yours sincerely,
Information Team
Croydon Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House,
Mint Walk,
Croydon,
CR0 1EA
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