Organisations for Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy 2018 - 2019 - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Could you provide the name of the organisation commissioned to deliver Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) in the period April 2018 to March 2019?

 

2. If you hold data on the number of IMCA referrals made to you in the year 2018/19. (preferably from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019, or any other 12 month period within 2018/19 you could specify) please could you provide information on how many times an IMCA was instructed in each decision:

i. Long term Change of Accommodation

ii. Serious Medical Treatment

iii. Review of the Accommodation

iv. Safeguarding

 

 

3. If you hold data on the number of times an advocate was instructed from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 (or any other 12 month period within 2018/19 you could specify) please could you provide information on how many times an IMCA DoLS was instructed within each of these:

i. 39A DoLS process

ii.39C DoLS process

iii.39D DoLS process

 

 

4. I would also be very grateful if you could tell me how many times a paid RPR was instructed in the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 or any other 12 month period within 2018/19 you could specify.

Decision

1. Please note this information can be found on the County Council's Contract Register here. The provider is Voiceability.

Q2-Q4. Please see the table below.

 

 

Annual summary / 1st April 2018 – 31st March 2019

IMCA (Sections 35 – 41 of MCA)

 

Summary of annual activity

We have received 251 new IMCA referrals in the year

 

Issue types (Type of involvement):

 

Grand Total

Referral: Record Type

Issue category

IMCA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accommodation (IMCA)

163

Assessment

1

Care Review (IMCA)

18

Safeguarding Children and Young People - Alert

1

Safeguarding Support

2

Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (IMCA)

31

Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults - Alert

2

Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults - Support

1

Serious Medical Treatment (IMCA)

32

Support Planning

3

Grand Total

254

 

39A – 60 cases per annum

39C – Within RPR figures not separated out

39D – Cases per annum

RPR – 792 Cases per annum

 

Reference number
FOI0177
Date request received
11 June 2019
Date of decision
23 July 2019