FOI Request - Care and Support

Request 101003203699

I would like to request some data from the council. Please could you tell me:

1. The number of people waiting for a place in a care home in November every year from 2010 to 2022
2. The number of people waiting for a package to received care in their own home in December every year from 2010 to 2022
3. For assessments for care and support from new clients each year from 2010 to 2022, please provide the average (arithmetic mean) time in days between the request for assessment and the assessment being completed, as well as the longest and shortest wait experienced by any individual
4. For care and support from new clients each year from 2010 to 2022, please provide the average (arithmetic mean) time in days between the assessment and the commencement of the planned care package, as well as longest and shortest wait experienced by any individual

5. According to the council's estimate, how many carers are currently resident in the council area? and how many carers have been resident each year between 2010 - 2022

Response 27-01-2023

1. Not held. This data is not recorded by month and is only recorded in allocation meetings which have historically been held weekly, and were run daily during COVID. Those waiting for a Care Home have been a small percentage our unmet need historically and as a result has never been a metric we have tallied up from these meetings, as the pressures have always been on home care provision. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

2. We cannot provide data going back that far - information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. However, we have responded to a similar query: http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_144420.html. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible.

3. This information is has been previously published and is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please see here.

4. This information is has been previously published and is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please see here.

5. Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. Please note, this data is held by Quarriers and our latest data is from their Q2 report. They report 521 carers supported in that period, with 1,177 registered in total.