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Adult Social Care
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Please could you answer the following questions regarding Adult Social Care in Wokingham Borough Council as of April 2024 or the most up-to-date data at your disposal.
1. The current number of weekly hours commissioned to private domiciliary care providers for Adult Social Care.
6,765 hours per week.
2. The estimated Annual Spending commissioned for Adult Social Care through private domiciliary care providers.
£7,876,614 excludes Direct Payments to Care Receivers.
3. The type of agreements held with private domiciliary care providers commissioned to deliver Adult Social Care services such as frameworks, Spot Contracts, Block Contracts etc and their start/end dates.
All contracts are published and accessible via the Wokingham Borough Council website. Please check our contracts register and the spend over £500 spreadsheets on our open data pages.
4. The range of charge rates (lowest and highest) charged to the council for Adult Social Services commissioned through private domiciliary care providers.
Lowest is £16.93 an hour, highest is a pro rata hourly rate of £46.20 (based on a 15 minute call costing £11.55).
5. When you anticipate retendering for domiciliary care services for Adult Social Care.
All contracts are published and accessible via the Wokingham Borough Council website with end dates. Please check our contracts register and the spend over £500 spreadsheets on our open data pages.
6. The number of service users who currently receive direct payment within your council.
363 for Adult Social Care.
7. The name of the current Domiciliary Care Providers commissioned in your council delivering Adult Social Care.
All contracts are published and accessible via the Wokingham Borough Council website. Please check our contracts register and the spend over £500 spreadsheets on our open data pages.
8. The contact Name, Email address and Contact number of the person responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your council.
Jenny Lamprell, Head of Service - Commissioning: CommissioningSupportTeam@wokingham.gov.uk
9. Are commissioned providers required to use real-time electronic monitoring to provide data to the council and if so which system?
No.
10. The council’s current market positioning statement for Adult Social Care.
This is available on the Councils website so Section 21 exemption is applicable.
11. How many service users are on long-term and short-term care?
1,767.
12. How many service users are working-age adults?
870.
13. Where and how to access essential information about adult social care needs, priorities, and plans in your council.
This information is published in our Adult Social Care Strategy and Market Position Statement.
14. Information about existing service gaps in Adult Social Care for new Domiciliary Care Providers in your council.
This information is published in our Adult Social Care Strategy and Market Position Statement.
15. Information about any significant demographic trends in Adult Social Care in your council.
This information is published in our Adult Social Care Strategy and Market Position Statement.
16. Information about areas of high demand in Adult Social Care in your council.
This information is published in our Adult Social Care Strategy and Market Position Statement.
