Referrals for Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council did not have the information requested.

Kate Mercer Training

Dear FOI manager,

I hope you might be able to help me with the request for information below. If you have the information to hand for tax year 2016/2017 as well as 2017/2018 I would appreciate both data sets if it is possible, otherwise just 2016/2017 is fine.

Please could you provide the name of the organisation commissioned to deliver Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)?

If you hold data on the number of referrals made in the year 2016/2017 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 decisions
iv. Safeguarding

b) If you hold data on the number of referrals made in 2016/2017, 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

If you hold data on the number of challenges to decisions (formal complaints and s21A applications to Court of Protection) under the MCA made by IMCAs please could you provide these numbers for 2016/2017 as well?

If you do not hold this information could you kindly tell me who does?
Thank you for your help,

Yours faithfully,

K. Huijbers

FOI Weymouth,

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Dear Mr Huijbers,
Thank you for your information access request: we aim to complete this
within 20 working days from 25/07/2018. Please quote your reference number
(17945) in further correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
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between North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

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FOI Weymouth,

Dear Mr  K Huijbers,

 

Regarding the following Information Access Request:

hope you might be able to help me with the request for information below.
If you have the information to hand for tax year 2016/2017 as well as
2017/2018 I would appreciate both data sets if it is possible, otherwise
just 2016/2017 is fine.

 

Please could you provide the name of the organisation commissioned to
deliver Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)?

 

If you hold data on the number of referrals made in the year 2016/2017
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 decisions iv. Safeguarding

 

b) If you hold data on the number of referrals made in 2016/2017, 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

 

If you hold data on the number of challenges to decisions (formal
complaints and s21A a

 

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Information Act 2000.

I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and
electronic records, I have established that the information you requested
is not held by this Authority.

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Yours sincerely

Customer Services and Improvement Team Leader

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