From:                                   FOI Responses <FOI.Responses@hartlepool.gov.uk>

Sent:                                    13 May 2021 12:52

To:                                        Louis Holmes

Cc:                                        FOI Responses

Subject:                                FOI 2120

 

Dear Louis

 

Further to your request for information, I can advise as below;

 

Question

Response

2020/21

  1. Please confirm where you have published online, your Local Authority 2020/21 Over 65 Nursing, Nursing Dementia, Residential and Residential Dementia Fee Rates. Please provide a link to where this communication was published, and a copy of any media sent to Providers evidencing this decision (link).

 

The 2020-21 fees were not published online however they were available on request

2021/22

  1. Please confirm whether you have decided your 2021/22 Over 65 Nursing, Nursing Dementia, Residential and Residential Dementia Fee Rates. (yes/no).

 

If yes:

    1. When was the decision made (date)? Please provide a link to the dated document confirming this decision (link)
    2. From what date is the 2021/22 fee rate to be applied (date)
    3. Where are the rates published currently online for Providers? Please provide a link and a copy of any media sent to Providers evidencing this decision (link)
    4. How were, or are Providers consulted on this decision (free text)?

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

  1. 9 March 2021 - attached.
  2. Monday 29 March 2021
  3. https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/info/20076/adults_and_older_people/532/quality_standards_framework
  4. Agreed formula in the contract

 

 

 

 

If no:

  1. When will the decision be made (date)?
  2. What is the process and timeline remaining for this unmade decision (free text)? Please provide a link to any documents outlining the current process with provisional or draft proposals being considered (link)
  3. How are Providers to be consulted on the decision (free text)?
  4. Where will the decision be published online for Providers? Please provide a link (link)
  5. From what date is the 2021/22 fee rate to be applied (date)
  6. Are there any circumstances which will result in a fee uplift not being provided (free text)? Please provide a link to where this is explained for Providers (link)

 

N/A
  1. For rates which are above the Base Fee Rates published, please confirm:
  1. What percentage uplift or mechanism was applied to each fee or care type for 2020/21 (percentage/free text)
  2. What percentage uplift or mechanism is to be applied to each fee or care type for 2021/22 (percentage/free text)

 

 

  1. 3.87%
  2. 1.42%
  1. Please provide details of the provider representative association/s that you engaged with on all matters relating to over 65’s care homes:
  1. Association/s name/entity (free text)
  2. Name of the primary contact (name)
  3. Email address (email address)
  4. Postal address (postal address)
  5. Contact number (telephone number)

 

N/A
  1. Can you please confirm which Local Authority/Authorities your response is on behalf of (free text).

Hartlepool Borough Council

 

 

We hope that this information deals with your request, however 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 to neil.wilson@hartlepool.gov.uk within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original request.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, www.ico.org.uk

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Elena Lilley| Legal Administration Officer

Hartlepool Borough Council

Tel: (01429) 523647 | Ext: 3647

Email: elena.lilley@hartlepool.gov.uk


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From: Louis Holmes [mailto:LHolmes@careengland.org.uk]
Sent: 01 April 2021 10:28
Subject: Care England - FOI

 

Dear FOI department,

 

Please see attached for Care England's Freedom of Information request regarding publication and consultation of care home LA fees for 2020-2022.

 

Kind regards,


Louis Holmes

 

 

 

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