Community Equipment Service

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28/05/2021

FOI

This is an FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to Community Equipment Services within your LA.Freedom of information request:1. Which provider do you use for your current Community Equipment Service?2. Is the Community Equipment contract in partnership with any other local authority or CCG? If so please provide a list of other organisations that share this contract3. When did your current Community Equipment Service contract(s) start, and what is the contract end date? Please include any information on contract extensions.4. What is the annual spend of the Community Equipment contract for the last five years (year end 31 March)? If not available, please provide data for any available years. Please specify if these values relate only to your LA or for other bodies (e.g. CCGs)
a. 2016/17
b. 2017/18
c. 2018/19
d. 2019/20
e. 2020/21
5. What proportion of the 2019/20 budget was funded by the LA(s), CCG(s) and other(s)?
6. Is provision of Telecare Services included within the current Community Equipment Service contract?
a. If no, which provider do you use for Telecare Services?
7. What is the annual spend of the Telecare Services contract for the last three years (year end 31 March)? If not available, please provide data for any available years. Please specify if these values relate only to your LA or for other bodies (e.g. CCGs). Please clarify if this is this in addition the spend outlined in question 4.
a. 2018/19
b. 2019/20
c. 2020/21

1. Service is provided in house by Scottish Borders Council on behalf of Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership

2. There is no partnership with another Local Authority or CCG

3. There is no contract in place as service is provided in house by Scottish Borders Council on behalf of Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership

4. There is no contract in place to report on spend. Annual spend by Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership on Equipment is as follows
a. £558k
b. £426k
c. £481k
d. £401
e. £501

5. 100% funding provided by Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership

6. Telecare service is provided in house by Scottish Borders Council on behalf of Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership, it is budgeted and managed separately from Community Equipment Service
a. N/A

7. There is no contract to report on spend. Total spend telecare spend on all non-staff costs by Scottish Borders Health and Social Care partnership is as follows:
a. £143k
b. £136k
c. £265k

Community Equipment Service - Freedom of information requests