Freedom of Information Act 2000
Information Request 11077136
1a. The number of total deaths notified to the council amongst home care (domiciliary care) service users, by the day or month of notification between 01 April 2017 and 28 February 2021
Please refer to Home Care Service Users Death Rates
1b. For the total number of deaths referenced in Question 1a, could you provide an age breakdown
Please refer to Home Care Service Users Death Rates
Please note, the data relating to under 18’s is not available for 2017/2018 and 2018/2019.
Please also note, whilst we do hold figures for deaths of under 18’s, for subsequent years, disclosing this information risks identifying the families due to the low number. This would breach General Data Protection Regulation and is exempt from disclosure pursuant to s.40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.
2a. The number of deaths notified to the council, involving Covid-19 amongst home care (domiciliary care) service users, by the day or month of notification since records began in 2020 until 28 February 2021
The total number of confirmed Covid 19 deaths across this period are 28
2b. For the total number of deaths referenced in Question 2a, could you state how many people died as a result of confirmed Covid-19, suspected Covid-19, and did not die of Covid-19.
Due to Data Protection and Official Statistics legislation, Devon County Council are unable to report figures at a lower level
3. The total number of people using local authority purchased domiciliary care services, for the tax years – 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 to date
Please refer to Local Authority Purchased Domiciliary Care Service Users
4. The total number of local authority-purchased hours for domiciliary care services, for the tax years – 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 to date.
Please refer to Local Authority Purchased Domiciliary Care Service Users
5. A list of your current home care (domiciliary care) providers