Request for IMCA statistics for 2018/2019
Dear freedom of information manager,
I am writing to see if you might be able to help me with the following request for information.
Could you provide the name of the organisation commissioned to deliver Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) in the period April 2018 to March 2019?
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
b) 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
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.
If you do not hold the data for the above could you kindly tell me who does?
If you are not recording this data at present could you please tell me if you plan to start to record this data in the next 12 months?
The 'What Do They Know' suggestions for good practice recommended that organisations make this kind of information publicly available on their own website, would you consider doing this in the future?
Thank you so much for your help with this request,
Kind regards,
K. Huijbers
Dear Mr Huijbers,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your information request received by us on 10th July 2019. This is allocated to FOI 0027.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows for 20 working days to process requests for information. This period expires on 8th July 2019.
Yours sincerely, Mary
Mary Worth
Business Support Officer
Adults Social Care
Town Hall
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 1RF
Tel: 01628 683706
[email address]
www.optalis.org
Optalis provides adult social care on behalf of
the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
and Wokingham Borough Council
Dear Mr Huijbers,
POhWER provided the IMCA Service. As we no longer have a contract with them, you will need to contact them directly at [email address]. Tel: 0300 456 2370
Question 1 - We don't hold any information outside of DoLS.
POhWER will have the information.
With regards to DoLS, we gather information as specified by the Dept of Health, for the Dept of Health.
This does not include the information you have requested.
With regards to appointing Paid RPRs, again POhWER would have this information.
We do not have plans to record this data in the next 12 months.
Regards, Mary
Mary Worth
Business Support Officer
Adults Social Care
Town Hall
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 1RF
Tel: 01628 683706
[email address]
www.optalis.org
Optalis provides adult social care on behalf of
the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
and Wokingham Borough Council
Dear Mary Worth (Optalis),
I hope you can help - I would like to know if POhWER does not hold the contract for the IMCA service who the IMCA provider is please?
thank you
Yours sincerely,
K. Huijbers
Dear Mr Huijbers, I will check this with my colleague and get back to you asap. Regards, Mary
Dear Mr Huijbers, the contract is now with:
SEAP
Hastings Town Hall
Queens Square
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 1TL
Tel: 0330 440 9000
Email: [email address]
Regards, Mary
Mary Worth
Business Support Officer
Adults Social Care
Town Hall
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 1RF
Tel: 01628 683706
[email address]
www.optalis.org
Optalis provides adult social care on behalf of
the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
and Wokingham Borough Council
Dear Mary Worth (Optalis),
Thank you for the additional information regarding the new provider. I just have a clarification question - I was provided with all the information from your council for the previous periods (2016/17 and 2017/18) does this mean you now do not collect this data regarding referrals to statutory IMCA any more?
thank you,
Yours sincerely,
K. Huijbers
Dear Mr Huijbers, I went back to my colleague and was advised that in the past they had contact the previous contract holder for the information that they held. I have now been advised that we do not hold the information ourselves and must advise you to contact SEAP, who we currently contract with, directly.
Regards, Mary
Mary Worth
Business Support Officer
Adults Social Care
Town Hall
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 1RF
Tel: 01628 683706
[email address]
www.optalis.org
Optalis provides adult social care on behalf of
the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
and Wokingham Borough Council
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