Medication Prompts Funding - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Do you fund Medication Prompts2?

2. If yes, under which funding budget line/service is it allocated? (I.e. Pharmacy, IPP, CHC, DTOC etc.)

3. Do you joint fund Medication Prompts with your local Clinical Commissioning Group / Health Funding Authority?

4. How many clients do you currently fund? 5.

5. What is your predicted annual spending for Medication Prompts 2019/2020?

6. How long / since when have you funded Medication Prompting Service?

Decision

1. Yes

2. Medication prompts are funded from the homecare budget.

3. Yes, if medications prompt is part of a care package jointly funded between the council and NHS.

4. LCC fund 192 customers for medication prompt only. This does not include medication prompts provided as part of a larger care package.

5. Due to this being part of the wider homecare budget this is not recorded as a separate amount.

6. This information is not recorded as it is part of the broader domiciliary support package.

Reference number
FOI0885
Date request received
26 November 2019
Date of decision
16 December 2019