Number of referrals to IMCA (Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy)

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Telford and Wrekin Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Kate Mercer Training

Dear Telford and Wrekin Council,

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

Telford and Wrekin Council

Dear Sir/Madam Huijbers

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 Acknowledgement -TWC-49409

Thank you for your request for information received by us on 20 July 2018
asking for the following:

 

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?

 

The Freedom of Information Act requires us to provide this information to
you within 20 working days of receiving your request. Therefore we will
aim to respond to you by the 17 August 2018

However, if the information you request is subject to an exemption which
prevents us from releasing it, as defined by the Act, we will issue you
with a Refusal Notice together with your rights of appeal.  

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to your request will be suspended until payment is received.

In the meantime, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact
us, quoting the above reference number.

 

Yours sincerely

Sasha Hickman

Information Governance

 

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