Advocacy for people with a learning disability or autism

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Kate Mercer Training

Dear North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

We are working on a funded review of advocacy for people with a learning disability and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health, learning disability or autism specialist hospitals.

Part of this review is to find out what advocacy is being commissioned and delivered across England.

We would be very grateful if you could tell us the following information about your local area:

1. Please tell us the name of the organisation/s who is commissioned to deliver the following types of statutory independent advocacy:
1.1 Independent Mental Health Advocacy
1.2 Advocacy under the Care Act
1.3 Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (including DoLS)

2. Please tell us the name of any organisation(s) that you commission to deliver any type of advocacy for the following groups. (This could include self advocacy support, community advocacy, peer advocacy).

2.1 children and young people who have a learning disability or autism in the community (for instance to prevent admission to hospital, or through the C(E)TR process)
2.2 adults who have a learning disability and or autism in the community (for instance to prevent admission to hospital, or through the C(E)TR process)
2.2 children and young people who have a learning disability or autism who are in inpatient settings (informal or formal patients)
2.3 adults who have a learning disability or autism who are in inpatient settings (informal or formal patients)
2.4 where a person is in segregation (or subject to any other restrictive practice)

3. Please tell us the name of any organisation(s) that you commission to deliver any type of advocacy to support parents or carers of children, young people or adults who have a learning disability and or autism.

4. Please tell us how many people with a learning disability and or autism who were detained under the Mental Health Act used the IMHA service between 1st April 2019 and 31st March 2020.

Thank you for your help. This information will be used to inform the review findings and influence decisions on how to improve the impact of advocacy.

Yours faithfully,

Kate Mercer

FOI Officer, North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

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Adam Howorth

Information Officer

Information Governance Team

Quadrant East, Cobalt Business Park, The Silverlink North, North Tyneside,
NE27 0BY

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From: K. Huijbers <[FOI #798351 email]>
Sent: 08 October 2021 13:56
To: FOI Officer <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Advocacy for people with a
learning disability or autism

 

*EXTRNL*
Dear North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

We are working on a funded review of advocacy for people with a learning
disability and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health,
learning disability or autism specialist hospitals.

Part of this review is to find out what advocacy is being commissioned and
delivered across England.

We would be very grateful if you could tell us the following information
about your local area:

1. Please tell us the name of the organisation/s who is commissioned to
deliver the following types of statutory independent advocacy:
1.1 Independent Mental Health Advocacy
1.2 Advocacy under the Care Act
1.3 Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (including DoLS)

2. Please tell us the name of any organisation(s) that you commission to
deliver any type of advocacy for the following groups. (This could include
self advocacy support, community advocacy, peer advocacy).

2.1 children and young people who have a learning disability or autism in
the community (for instance to prevent admission to hospital, or through
the C(E)TR process)
2.2 adults who have a learning disability and or autism in the community
(for instance to prevent admission to hospital, or through the C(E)TR
process)
2.2 children and young people who have a learning disability or autism who
are in inpatient settings (informal or formal patients)
2.3 adults who have a learning disability or autism who are in inpatient
settings (informal or formal patients)
2.4 where a person is in segregation (or subject to any other restrictive
practice)

3. Please tell us the name of any organisation(s) that you commission to
deliver any type of advocacy to support parents or carers of children,
young people or adults who have a learning disability and or autism.

4. Please tell us how many people with a learning disability and or autism
who were detained under the Mental Health Act used the IMHA service
between 1st April 2019 and 31st March 2020.

Thank you for your help. This information will be used to inform the
review findings and influence decisions on how to improve the impact of
advocacy.

Yours faithfully,

Kate Mercer

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

In all further correspondence please quote our reference FOI4309

 

Your request for information under the above legislation has now been
considered. Please see response attached and please accept my apologies on
behalf of the Authority for the delay in providing this.

 

Please note that an anonymised copy of this response may be published in
our Disclosure Log where appropriate.

 

This is a record of responses to completed requests for information that
the Council has received and dealt with under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004. The Disclosure
Log is available online at the following address:

 

[1]http://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/...

 

I trust that this information answers your request, but if you have any
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North Tyneside Council

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North Tyneside

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Regards

Geoff Snary

Senior Information Governance Officer

Information Governance Team

Quadrant East

Cobalt Business Park

The Silverlink North

North Tyneside

NE27 0BY

 

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From: Adam.Howorth On Behalf Of FOI Officer
Sent: 08 October 2021 15:51
To: K. Huijbers <[FOI #798351 email]>
Subject: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOI4309

 

 

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

In all further correspondence please quote our reference FOI4309.

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

Your request was received on 08/10/21 and the Council is dealing with it
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

As required by the legislation, the Council aims to answer your request
promptly, but no later than 20 working days after receipt. As stated in
the Information Commissioner’s guidance, Awareness Guidance 11 Time for
Compliance, the 20 working day clock starts the day after the Council
received the request. The due date has been calculated to be 05/11/21 .

 

If the information you have requested contains reference to a third party,
then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or
not to release the information to you.

 

Very occasionally, fees may be payable for the supply of information under
the Freedom of Information Act. This will be considered, and if fees are
payable in respect of this request the Council will contact you before
proceeding in order to be sure that you are happy to go ahead. Any fees
that do apply must be paid before the information is processed and
released.

 

Please note that an anonymised copy of our response to your request may be
published in the Council’s Disclosure Log where appropriate. This is a
record of responses to completed requests for information that the Council
has received and dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and
Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

 

The Council’s Disclosure Log is available online at the following address:

 

[8]http://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/...

 

If you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact
us.

 

Kind Regards

 

Adam Howorth

Information Officer

Information Governance Team

Quadrant East, Cobalt Business Park, The Silverlink North, North Tyneside,
NE27 0BY

[9]North Tyneside Council

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From: K. Huijbers <[13][FOI #798351 email]>
Sent: 08 October 2021 13:56
To: FOI Officer <[14][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Advocacy for people with a
learning disability or autism

 

*EXTRNL*
Dear North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

We are working on a funded review of advocacy for people with a learning
disability and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health,
learning disability or autism specialist hospitals.

Part of this review is to find out what advocacy is being commissioned and
delivered across England.

We would be very grateful if you could tell us the following information
about your local area:

1. Please tell us the name of the organisation/s who is commissioned to
deliver the following types of statutory independent advocacy:
1.1 Independent Mental Health Advocacy
1.2 Advocacy under the Care Act
1.3 Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (including DoLS)

2. Please tell us the name of any organisation(s) that you commission to
deliver any type of advocacy for the following groups. (This could include
self advocacy support, community advocacy, peer advocacy).

2.1 children and young people who have a learning disability or autism in
the community (for instance to prevent admission to hospital, or through
the C(E)TR process)
2.2 adults who have a learning disability and or autism in the community
(for instance to prevent admission to hospital, or through the C(E)TR
process)
2.2 children and young people who have a learning disability or autism who
are in inpatient settings (informal or formal patients)
2.3 adults who have a learning disability or autism who are in inpatient
settings (informal or formal patients)
2.4 where a person is in segregation (or subject to any other restrictive
practice)

3. Please tell us the name of any organisation(s) that you commission to
deliver any type of advocacy to support parents or carers of children,
young people or adults who have a learning disability and or autism.

4. Please tell us how many people with a learning disability and or autism
who were detained under the Mental Health Act used the IMHA service
between 1st April 2019 and 31st March 2020.

Thank you for your help. This information will be used to inform the
review findings and influence decisions on how to improve the impact of
advocacy.

Yours faithfully,

Kate Mercer

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[15][FOI #798351 email]

Is [16][North Tyneside Council request email] the wrong address for Freedom of
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the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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latest advice from the ICO:
[19]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/ico-...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

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