Care Packages - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
Care Packages
FOI Number
538
Date Received
27/05/2022
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
1. In 2021 in your authority, how many people have been assessed as needing care and are currently waiting for a care package to be in place, up and running?2. In 2022 in your authority, how many people have been assessed as needing care and are currently waiting for a care package to be in place, up and running? 3. In 2021 in your authority how long ( average) do people assessed as needing care have to wait for a care package to be in place, up and running?
4. In 2022 in your authority how long ( average) do people assessed as needing care have to wait for a care package to be in place, up and running?
 
5. In 2021 in your authority how many people have been assessed as having low or moderate needs?
6. In 2022 in your authority how many people have been assessed as having low or moderate needs?
 
7. Does your authority fund care for people assessed as having low/moderate needs?
Response
1. 25 people remain on the Waiting list from 2021

2. 155 people remain on the waiting list from 2022

3. The average time on the waiting list until the package of care is up and running in 2021 was 12 days.

4. The average time on the waiting list until the package of care is up and running in 2022 was 21 days.

5. 1276 people were assessed

6. 676 people have been assessed

7. Service users assessed as needing support with personal care, receive this at no charge, as personal care is free in Scotland.