FOI 1752 - Services for Complex Care Children

Response

Date: 13 February 2023

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE

Dear Sir / Madam,

FOI Reference Number: 1752

1. How are Children & Young People (CYP) services commissioned for those who have complex health needs in your area? (as defined within Background). Please answer against the categories listed in the below, where applicable

[Please see letter response]

2. Please complete as much of the table within the attached spreadsheet as possible, contained on the 2nd tab. We would like to know the names of the care providers that are currently being used to deliver services to the Children & Young People (CYP) cohort described in the Background. To support with identifying a national list of care providers for this cohort, we also require details about the type of provider. Reference points such as the provider postcode and CQC Location ID (if it is a CQC registered service) have been requested to allow for the providers to be identified in a consistent and accurate manner across ICBs/ICSs.

Please see attached.
The information included for Q2 is for the providers currently used to provide CYP continuing care packages, with a total of 16 providers.

Please note; out of the cohort of CYP patients used in the response, we have excluded 40 other packages as below:

• 26 of these being with a local authority and funded as direct payments for the employ of personal assistants:
o 2 with Derby City Council
o 24 with Derbyshire County Council
• 14 having a PHB Direct Payment package:
o It is not possible to identify these providers, as the individual families choose which services they want and when they want them.

We would suggest that you may wish to direct this request to the local authorities for more information on the packages that they fund

I hope that this answers your queries with the information we currently hold, but if I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
FOI Team
Scarsdale
Nightingale Close
Newbold
Chesterfield
S41 7PF

Or:

ddicb.foi@nhs.net

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Yours faithfully,

Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire ICB

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