In light of the fact that you have re-commissioned your homecare contracts very recently (or were scheduled to) could you please answer the questions below?
If you are unable to provide the information because you are still going through the commissioning process and are therefore unable to provide any updated answers then it would be appreciated if you could tell me when you expect the process to be finished by.
1. Please list all the providers of homecare services that you currently commission
In response to this and the questions below, we should confirm that the premise of this request is incorrect. Devon County Council has not recently re-commissioned our homecare contracts.
We can confirm our providers of homecare services via the following link:
2. Please list the start and end date of their contracts
The over-arching contracts are spot contracts and therefore have no end date
3. Please tell me how many staff each provider employs to provide this service? (If the exact number is not known, please give an approximate number)
We do not have this information as whilst the Capacity Tracker provides a topline number based on those providers who have a registered location in Devon, it cannot feasibly be broken down from overarching company and certainly not in to DCC specifically assigned workforce.
4. Please can you also indicate the nature of each contract? (i.e. whether they are spot contracts or guaranteed a certain number of hours)
Spot contracts
5. If the providers are paid for guaranteed hours, please indicate how many each contractor is allocated
The providers are not paid for guaranteed hours
6. Do you have any in-house provision of homecare services? If so how many hours in total allocated?
Yes – Reablement; with reference to the house, please see our response to question 5.