- Request
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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
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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