Adult Social Care (ASC) ‘new’ assessment requests - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. How many outstanding Adult Social Care (ASC) ‘new’ assessment requests did the organisation have at the end of April 2022? Please fill in the number of 'new' ASC requests split by client group based on their primary care need in the table below– 

Client Group No. of 'new' ASC assessment requests 
Total  
Autism / Aspergers  
Learning Disability Support  
Mental Health Support  
Physical Support  
Sensory Support  
Social Support  
Support with Memory and Cognition  
PSR Not Yet Established  

 

 

 

2. How many outstanding ASC Care Act reviews (planned and unplanned) did the organisation have at the end of April 2022? Please provide the number of ASC care act reviews and the percentage (as a proportion of the total number of people on the books) split by client group in the table below.

 

Client Group  No. of outstanding ASC Care Act Reviews % as a proportion of the total number of people on the books 
Planned  Unplanned   
Total      
Autism / Aspergers      
Learning Disability Support      
Mental Health Support      
Physical Support      
Sensory Support      
Social Support      
Support with Memory and Cognition      
PSR Not Yet Established -    

 

3. How many ASC qualified staff vacancies (Social Workers, Care Managers) did you have at the end of April 2022?

4. How many ASC unqualified staff vacancies (Enablement Workers, Social Work Assistants) did you have at the end of April 2022?

5. Please list below the contract frameworks (care and support services) your organisation has in place for ASC in the below table-

 

 

6. What is your organisation's ASC spend on non-framework (non-contracted) providers and framework (contracted) providers for the financial year 21/22 (April 2021- March 2022). Please provide the ASC spend split by client group in the table below:

 

Client Group  Spend on non-framework (non-contracted) providers for the financial year 21/22  Spend on framework (contracted) providers for the financial year 21/22 Spend on framework (contracted) providers for the financial year 21/22
Total Residential Non Residential   Residential Non Residential
Learning Disability          
Older Adult Frailty          
Physical Disability including ABI          
Dementia          
Mental Health          
Autistic Adults          

 

7. Has your organisation used external support over the past 3 financial years (20/21, 21/22 and 22/23 Year to date) for any of the below services. If yes, please fill in supplier name, contract dates and if the contract is currently in place, in the table below- 

 

Service  Use of external supplier/ support  Supplier Name Contract start date Contact currently in place?
Commissioning   
Consultancy (planning, strategy and change management)
DoLs Backlogs 
Assessments
Review backlog
Other (Please state)
Decision

For the assessments and review questions, Lincolnshire County Council have changed the headings to the Primary Support Reason codes that the Council uses. Some of the headings are not recorded due to them being health reasons.

1.

Client Group No. of 'new' ASC assessment requests 
Total 437
Autism / Aspergers 3
Learning Disability Support 11
Mental Health Support 44
Physical Support 191
Sensory Support 1
Social Support 14
Support with Memory and Cognition 9
PSR Not Yet Established 164

2.

 

Client Group  No. of outstanding ASC Care Act Reviews % as a proportion of the total number of people on the books 
Planned  Unplanned   
Total 1667   18%
Autism / Aspergers 10   4%
Learning Disability Support 74   13%
Mental Health Support 99   28%
Physical Support 1372   10%
Sensory Support 3   37%
Social Support 25   25%
Support with Memory and Cognition 84   21%
PSR Not Yet Established -    

3. 31.5

4. 13.5

5.   For question 5 and 7, All contract information is published, and access is available free of charge. The website for the contract register is https://procontract.due-north.com/Login You will need to register, which is free of charge, to access the site and contract register. 

6.

Client Group  Spend on non-framework (non-contracted) providers for the financial year 21/22  Spend on framework (contracted) providers for the financial year 21/22 Spend on framework (contracted) providers for the financial year 21/22
Total Residential Non Residential   Residential Non Residential
Learning Disability £10,989.21 £0.00 £30,380,705.81 £31,253,441.81 £36,445,555.00
Older Adult Frailty £25,599.06 £0.00 £65,128,238.88 £65,128,238.88 £18,613,110.00
Physical Disability including ABI     £5,675,266.45 £5,675,26.45 £2,986,389.00
Dementia          
Mental Health     £6,660,346.05 £6,660,346.05 £54,905.63
Autistic Adults          

7.  For question 5 and 7, All contract information is published, and access is available free of charge. The website for the contract register is https://procontract.due-north.com/Login You will need to register, which is free of charge, to access the site and contract register. 

Reference number
FOI 4238245
Date request received
05/07/22
Date of decision
03/08/22