We want your views

We are asking people in Islington what they think about a plan to charge for Assistive Technology services.

About paying for care

Islington Council, like other councils, sometimes asks people to pay towards their care and support. This follows rules from the government. You can read our policy on the council website. We may update this to introduce charging for Assistive Technology services after hearing your views.

What is Assistive Technology?

Assistive Technology (sometimes called telecare) helps people live safely and independently at home. For example, it can include alarms or devices that give support.

Why we are asking about charges?

At the moment, this service is free in Islington. The law allows the Council to charge for it. Many other councils already charge for these services.

Islington is not planning to charge the full cost of providing these services. Instead, we are asking if people think it is fair to ask for a smaller contribution.

What this could mean?

Charging for this service could help the Council pay for other important services for local people.

Only people who can afford to pay would be charged. We think about two out of every five people will still get the service for free.

We will do a financial check to see what people can afford. Our Community Wealth Building team will support people during this and help them apply for any extra benefits they may be able to get.

Before you answer

Please read the full consultation document before you answer the questions.

If you require a different format of the questionnaire or you would like someone to help you to complete the questionnaire on your behalf, please contact the project team.

Phone: 0207 527 3235

Email: ATChargingConsult@islington.gov.uk

Confidentiality

The council does not collect personal information in this questionnaire, which means the information you provide is anonymous. We do not ask for your name, address, email address, telephone number, full post code or any other information that would allow us to identify you. The information you choose to give us in the equalities questions is also anonymous so we cannot identify you from it.

Since the data we collect is anonymous, it is not considered to be personal data under data protection legislation (such as the General Data Protection Regulation or the Data Protection Act 2018).