FOI Ref: 0230FOI1920

10^th March 2020

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:

Request / Response

We would like to request information about services you may commission to provide Independent Advocacy for people accessing support in the following processes in your area:

- Continuing Health Care (CHC)

- Continuing Care

- Personal wheelchair budgets

- Personal health budgets

1. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide Independent Advocacy Support to people going through Continuing Health Care processes (adult) or Continuing Care (children)?

The Continuing Health care Team use the services of Disability Sheffield, mental health citizens’ advice advocacy service and The Carers centre. As these are voluntary independent bodies, Sheffield CCG does not commission these services.

2. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide Independent Advocacy Support to people accessing personal wheelchair budgets?

Wheelchairs are commissioned through Sheffield Teaching Hospital; therefore Sheffield CCG does not hold this information. Please email sth.foi@nhs.net for further information.

3. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide Independent Advocacy Support to people accessing or using personal health budgets processes (both adult and children)?

Please refer to question 1.