Health and social care integration authority planning and performance report: FOI release

Information requested

Information regarding the health and social care integration authority planning and performance report statutory guidance - consultation analysis and published guidance. Specifically, you asked:

1. How many deaf people responded?

2. How many blind people responded?

3. How will the proposed changes be affected by the chronic shortage of GPs in some areas?

4. How will the proposed changes be affected by the chronic shortage of social workers in some areas?

5. Why is there no proposal to give a right of appeal against social worker decisions on care needs?

6. Will social workers and health professionals have the right to share details of individuals without prior consent?

7. How many respondents thought that the integration of health and social care is a bad idea and should be dropped?

Response

1. How many deaf people responded?

The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because the consultation did not include a question asking whether respondents were deaf or not. This information is therefore not available.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

2. How many blind people responded?

The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because the consultation did not include a question asking whether respondents were blind or not. This information is therefore not available.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

3. How will the proposed changes be affected by the chronic shortage of GPs in some areas?

The programme of work did not involve changing legislation or policy. It was a refresh and update of previously published guidance. Therefore, the work is not impacted by the number of GPs in local areas.

4. How will the proposed changes be affected by the chronic shortage of social workers in some areas? 

As the work involved a refresh and update of previously published guidance, it is not impacted by the number of social care workers in areas.

5. Why is there no proposal to give a right of appeal against social worker decisions on care needs? 

As the work involved a refresh and update of previously published guidance, intended to support service planning and performance reporting requirements under the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, it does not concern these matters.

6. Will social workers and health professionals have the right to share details of individuals without prior consent?  

This programme of work has not altered, amended or otherwise changed data protection legislation, processes and protocols.

7. How many respondents thought that integration of health and social care is a bad idea and should be dropped?​​​​​​​

The consultation did not include a question asking for respondents’ opinions on the integration of health and social care. You may wish to review the responses to the consultation and form your own opinion on whether the feedback expressed by respondents suggests any opinions on the principle of integration. Responses to the consultation, where permission was granted, are published online.

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