“Could you provide the name of the organisation commissioned to deliver Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) in the period April 2018 to March 2019?
Living Options Devon are the lead agency for the Devon Advocacy consortium, which holds the advocacy contract including Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA).
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 – 72
ii. Serious Medical Treatment – 42
iii. Review of the Accommodation – 7
iv. Safeguarding – 23
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 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) was instructed within each of these:
i. 39A DoLS process – 70
ii. 39C DoLS process – Information not held
iii. 39D DoLS process – 39
I would also be very grateful if you could tell me how many times a paid Relevant Person’s Representative (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.” – 170