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Please can you provide under the Freedom Of Information Act the answers to the below queries. All questions are in relation to care provided in the patients/clients own home with a dataset covering the period of 09/2022 – 09/2023. If the information cannot be split as requested for any sections, then please provide the total numbers.

1. How many Adults are receiving funded care in their own homes for the follow categories.
a) Complex Care – Brain Injury, Spinal Injury, Trache/Vent care: 9
b) Progressive Conditions – such as MND, Huntington’s, etc: 23
c) Learning Disabilities: 239
d) Mental Health: 73
e) Live-in Care: 32

2. How many Children are receiving funded care in their own homes for the following categories.
a) Complex Care – Brain Injury, Spinal Injury, Trache/Vent care
b) Progressive Conditions – Rett Syndrome, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, etc
c) Learning Disabilities
d) Live-In Care
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3. How many Adults are in receipt of a Personal Health Budget (or similar) for a complex or progressive condition for which they are cared for in their own home.
We do not provide Personal Health Budgets

4. How many Children are in receipt of a Personal Health Budget (or similar) for a complex or progressive condition for which they are cared for in their own home.
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5. What is the highest & lowest contractual rate paid to providers for each of the services/categories above – complex and progressive may be combined however Adults vs. Children, and Complex vs. Non-Complex vs. Live In should be separated.
ASC: Brain / Spinal Min £18.43 Max £25.62 Progressive Min £16.94 Max £25.62 Learning Disability Min £17.76 Max £22.50 Mental Health Min £17.76 Max £22.50 Live In Min £19.63 Max £22.10

6. Please provide a structure chart for the Commissioning / Contracts / Brokerage Teams inclusive of names and job titles (where appropriate).
Operational Commissioning Team Manager, Senior Officer and 6 Operational Commissioning Officers; Intelligence Purchasing Team (Home Care) Manager and 2 Officers.

7. What is the LA’s total annual Homecare spend?
Gross Spend 1/9/22-31/8/23: £12,970k.

8. What is the LA’s current Homecare budget?
Gross Budget: £12,020k

9. By which processes does the LA broker/commission packages of care for Homecare patients? i.e telephone, email, software etc.
Telephone E-mail

10. What, if any, procurement contract does the LA use to engage Home Care agencies for the above services? What are the end dates for any such contracts?
Our contract register with details of all current contracts is available on our website.

11. What, if any, challenges do the LA face when sourcing a home care provider for a patient/client with complex needs in relation to either geography or condition. For example – shortage of support for LD clients, or sourcing difficulties for a certain town.
Location Care package request complexity of customer availability of provider matching criteria.

12. Please provide a list of the 10 providers who received the greatest amount of funding from homecare packages during September 2022 – September 2023 – please separate for Live-In & Visiting services.
Happy At Home
Sylviancare Ltd -
Absolute Care
Bridges Home Care Ltd -
Caremark (Wokingham)
Superb Healthcare Ltd
Rainbow Social Care Limited
One Day at a Time Home Care Ltd
Apex Healthcare Services Optalis - Alexandra Place