From:                              foi <foi@middlesbrough.gov.uk>

Sent:                               28 April 2021 14:07

To:                                   Louis Holmes

Subject:                          FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST - REF NO:    016655

 

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Dear  L Holmes

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST - REF NO:    016655

 

I am writing to confirm that Middlesbrough Council has now completed its search for the information you requested. Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   

 

In your request you asked for the following information:

 

 

 

Response:

 

 

  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).

https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/business/commissioning-and-procurement/freedom-information-foi-data

 

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).

Yes

 

If yes:

    1. When was the decision made (date)? Please provide a link to the dated document confirming this decision (link)

Not available

    1. From what date is the 2021/22 fee rate to be applied (date)

01/04/2021

    1. 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)

https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/business/commissioning-and-procurement/freedom-information-foi-data

 

    1. How were, or are Providers consulted on this decision (free text)?

No formal consultation has taken place regarding this years’ annual uprates, however Providers have had the opportunity to be involved in the wider True Cost of Care exercise undertaken in 2018/19.

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)

 

  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)

Not applicable

    1. What percentage uplift or mechanism is to be applied to each fee or care type for 2021/22 (percentage/free text)

Not applicable

 

  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)

Not applicable

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

Middlesbrough Council

 

 

 

 

If you have any queries about this response, please do not hesitate to contact me direct on (01642) 729696/729698 or email foi@middlesbrough.gov.uk.  Please remember to quote the reference number shown above in any future communications.

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled you may ask for an internal review within 40 days of receipt of the response. You should write to:-

 

Ann-Marie Johnstone

Corporate Strategy Manager

P.O. Box 500,

Civic Centre,

Middlesbrough.

TS1 9FT

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for an independent review.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: -

 

 

Information Commissioner’s Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

FOI Office

 

 

 
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