MHA s136
Dear West London Mental Health NHS Trust,
Please provide me with the following detail per month for the period of January 2012 to the most recent month this year for which you have the data, preferably in Excel-compatile format, and in electronic format in any case:
(1) The list of NHS s136 suites, as defined in the the Mental Health Act (MHA), per borough covered by the trust.
(2) The list of NHS A&E departments, per borough covered by the trust.
(3) The breakdown, per s136 suite, of the number of days the s136 has been opened that month.
(4) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, of the number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA brought to each of the trust's s136 suites and A&E departments.
(5) The number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and admitted to hospital in the boroughs covered by the trust, following an MHA assessment.
(6) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by type of vehicle the individuals detained under s136 of the MHA were conveyed to that place of safety (i.e., ambulance, police vehicle, or other)
(7) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by gender of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety.
(8) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by age range of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety.
(9) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by ethnicity of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety.
(10) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, of whether individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety were considered to be suffering from the effects of drink or drugs
(11) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, of whether individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety were restrained
Yours faithfully,
David Mery

David Mery left an annotation ()
Opal, yes!
If this topic is of interest to you, check out my FoI requests (https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/davi...) as I've done several other related requests (some to the MPS already received some partial answers).
-d
Thank you for your recent request which was received on 30 July. You will receive a response within 20 working days (by 27 Aug).
FOI Team
West London Mental Health NHS Trust
Dear FoI Team,
You have breached the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act for responding to this request.
Please respond within the next working day, or at the very least, let me know by when you will be able to respond.
Yours sincerely,
David Mery
Dear West London Mental Health NHS Trust,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of West London Mental Health NHS Trust's handling of my FOI request 'MHA s136'.
You have breached the statutory timescale of 20 working days as
defined by the Act for responding to this request.
Please explain why you haven't responded within reasonable time and of course provide a response to the request.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...
Yours faithfully,
David Mery
Dear Applicant
Further to your recent request for information, please find attached the
Trusts response and accompanying documents.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding.
FOI Team
West London Mental Health NHS Trust
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Opal Koboi left an annotation ()
Presumably, this refers to the Mental Health Act 1983 Section 136 ( http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983... ).