Request 1 |
What is the population size covered by your community continence service provider? |
Response |
257,600. |
Request 2 |
Please provide a copy of your community provider continence service specification |
Response 2 attached |
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Request 3 |
Does your provide incontinence pads to patients, or do they assess patients and advise which products the patient needs to purchase? |
Response 3 |
Yes, we provide pads. |
Request 4 |
If your provider does provide incontinence pads, is there a limit to how many they are prescribed? If so how many are they allocated? |
Response 4 |
Generally 5 per day this may be increased on clinical need. |
Request 5 |
How many weeks supply of pads do patients get at a time? |
Response 5 |
12. |
Request 6 |
What is the average number of pads prescribed to each patient per day? |
Response 6 |
3.6 |
Request 7 |
How often are patient’s continence requirements reviewed? |
Response 7 |
Annual review and or at the request of patients by telephone or face to face. |
Request 8 |
How many pads does your provider prescribe a year, for the last full year of data that is available. |
Response 8 |
Unknown, due to contract change in November 2014. |
Request 9 |
What is the average daily cost of a patient within the continence service? |
Response 9 |
Adults Community 56p per day Residential bed 62p per day Nursing bed 85p per day Children 79p per day |
Request 10 |
Please confirm the percentage of the continence patient case load that are prescribed pads due to mobility issues rather than incontinence? |
Response 10 |
Unknown. |
Request 11 |
Do you provide products for CHC patients in nursing homes, or would this be included in their CHC package of care? |
Response 11 |
Yes and yes. |
Request 12 |
Could you please share any prices of products that you may have available? |
Response 12 |
Part of Hub contract. |
Request 13 |
What is the overall cost of your community continence service for the last year available? Please then split this into the amount spent on products, and the amount spent on service delivery. |
Response 13 |
£897,731. We are unable to split this amount due to a contract change in November 2014. This amount of money is spent on products – staff costs are separate. |