Value of Care Packages

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Dear Torbay Care Trust,

Please would it be possible for you to be able to provide the
following information of None Residential Care Packages.

Please could you provide for each of the last 5 years the number of
all Care Packages worth over £750 per week.

If it is possible to do so please break these down to show how many
are for people between 18-65 and how many for people over 65.

If it is possible to do so please break these down to show which
Care Packages were newly commissioned in each year.

If it is possible to do so please indicate whether the value of
these care packages includes any contribution from the Independent
Living Fund (ILF) and how much this contribution is worth.

If you only know the LA or Total contribution of the care package,
but it is possible that there is an additional ILF contribution
which the LA does not record please could you state this in your
response.

If the ILF is abolished in 2015 and the funds develoved to LA's but
not ring fenced, would you anticipate being able to continue to
fund current ILF users care packages to the level they currently
are or not.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Taylforth

infogov t-sd (TORBAY AND SOUTHERN DEVON HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST), Torbay Care Trust

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Email: [email address]
Direct Line: (01803) 210507
Our Ref: TSD1748

Dear Mr. Taylforth,

Request for Information TSD1748

Thank you for your request for information regarding non-residential care packages. Your request was received on 23rd November 2012 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

A response to your request for information will be sent to you promptly and in any event no later than 21st December 2012.

I attach for your information a copy of our leaflet “How to Access your Information”.

For information on how we handle requests for information and our publication scheme can be found by following the Freedom of Information link on the home page www.torbaycaretrust.nhs.uk.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact me, quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

Kevin

Kevin Pointer
Information Governance Support Officer
Telephone: (01803) 210507 (Internal 58507)

Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust
Bay House
Riviera Park
Nicholson Road
Torquay
TQ2 7TD

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Pointer Kevin (TORBAY AND SOUTHERN DEVON HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST), Torbay Care Trust

Email: [1][email address]

Direct Line: (01803) 210507

Ref: TSD1748

 

Dear Mr. Taylforth,

 

Request for Information TSD1748

 

I am writing to confirm that we have now completed our search for the
information you requested on 23^rd November 2012 in relation to
non-residential care packages. I can confirm our responses to your
questions are as follows:

 

1) Please could you provide for each of the last 5 years the number of all
Care Packages worth over £750 per week.

 

Client Category Financial Year TOTAL
2011/12 2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08
Over 65 71 70 55 40 27 263
Under 65 6 9 11 12 14 52
TOTAL 77 79 66 52 41 315

 

2) If it is possible to do so please break these down to show how many are
for people between 18-65 and how many for people over 65.

 

Please see our answer to question 1.

 

3) If it is possible to do so please break these down to show which Care
Packages were newly commissioned in each year.

 

I can confirm that Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust
does hold the information described in your request. However, in order to
identify the information you requested would require a manual search of
each client record, and we estimate that it will cost more than the
appropriate limit to consider your request.

 

The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for the NHS it
is set at £450.00. This represents the cost of one person spending 2.5
working days in determining whether the Care Trust holds the information,
locating, retrieving and extracting the information. we believe it will
take in excess of 50 hours to identify the information you require and are
therefore not obliged under Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information
Act to respond to your request.

 

4) If it is possible to do so please indicate whether the value of these
care packages includes any contribution from the Independent Living Fund
(ILF) and how much this contribution is worth.

 

This information is not held by Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care
NHS Trust. Whilst some care packages may include a contribution from the
ILF, this information is not recorded within our systems.

 

5) If you only know the LA or Total contribution of the care package, but
it is possible that there is an additional ILF contribution which the LA
does not record please could you state this in your response.

 

Please see our answer to question 4.

 

6) If the ILF is abolished in 2015 and the funds devolved to LA's but not
ring fenced, would you anticipate being able to continue to fund current
ILF users care packages to the level they currently are or not.

 

Please see our answer to question 4.

 

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If you wish to discuss any of the above, please contact me, quoting the
TSD reference number above.

 

If you are unhappy with the way in which we have handled your request,
please contact the Information Governance Manager in the first instance.
If you wish to make a formal complaint, you should write to our Complaints
Manager at Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, Bay House,
Riviera Park, Nicholson Road, Torquay, TQ2 7TD.

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Kevin

 

Kevin Pointer

Information Governance Support Officer

Telephone: (01803) 210507 (Internal 58507)

 

Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust

Bay House

Riviera Park

Nicholson Road

Torquay

TQ2 7TD

 

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