formal diagnosis of dementia receiving long-term support (FOI-2579)
Message from the customer
To whom it may concern,
Healthwatch England, the independent champion for people who use health and social care services, is gathering information about people’s experiences of social care assessments, reviews and waiting times, from across the country.
The questions contained in this request are designed to help us build an accurate national picture of pressures facing councils with adult social care responsibilities, so that we, along with the Healthwatch Network can work with councils and the government to relieve those pressures and actively improve social care for people with dementia.
We hope that your council is able to respond to this request in full, to help us develop our insight, so that we can propose practical solutions to any issues or pressures we discover at a national level.
If it is useful for your internal processes please treat this correspondence as a formal request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. We appreciate that gathering this sort of information can be onerous, though we would appreciate a response within twenty working days of receipt. If this will not be possible, please let us know.
Some key points about our request:
- All the questions relate to people with a formal diagnosis of dementia receiving long-term support in the year 2016-17 and 2017-18.
- All questions relate to adult social care services for people aged 18 years and over.
- All questions relate to people receiving council funded support only.
- If you have any questions or points of clarification about this request, please contact [email protected]
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Questions:
- How many adults accessing long-term support funded by the council during 2016-17 and 2017-18 had a recorded diagnosis of dementia?
2016-17
2017-18
- Of all adults accessing long-term support in 2016-17 and 2017-18 with a diagnosis of dementia, how many received a planned review, an unplanned review or both and what was the total number of reviews delivered to this group?
2016-17
2017-18
Planned reviews
Unplanned reviews
Both
Total reviews delivered
- Of all the reviews carried out, how many led to a formal reassessment of need?
2016-17
2017-18
2016-17
2017-18
An increase in the personal budget
A decrease in the personal budget
No change
Message from Hackney Council
Thank you for your request of 6th February 2019.
You asked the following:
- How many adults accessing long-term support funded by the council during 2016-17 and 2017-18 had a recorded diagnosis of dementia?
- Of all adults accessing long-term support in 2016-17 and 2017-18 with a diagnosis of dementia, how many received a planned review, an unplanned review or both and what was the total number of reviews delivered to this group?
- Of all the reviews carried out, how many led to a formal reassessment of need?
- For the reassessments carried out for people with dementia, how many resulted in:
- An increase in the personal budget
- A decrease in the personal budget
- No change
Below are the responses to your questions:
- The numbers below reflect the number of people diagnosed with Primary Support Reason - Memory and Cognition who accessed long term support in the stated year below.
2016-17
615
2017-18
683
- The numbers below reflect the number of people diagnosed with Primary Support Reason - Memory and Cognition. The planned and unplanned reviews reflects the number of individuals. The total reviews reflects the actual number of reviews, a person may have had more than one review.
2016-17
2017-18
Planned reviews
352
351
Unplanned reviews
176
139
Both
444
445
Total reviews delivered
707
549
- All reviews performed are a formal reassessment of need Please see answer 2.
- The numbers below reflect the number of people diagnosed with Primary Support Reason - Memory and Cognition.
2016-17
2017-18
An increase in the personal budget
242
142
A decrease in the personal budget
61
21
No change
410
386
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Kind regards
Information Management
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London Borough of Hackney
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