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Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the organisations and individuals consulted before the consultation on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service was issued; and if she will make a statement. [12722]
Mr. Byrne: The Department launched the consultation on the arrangements for the future provision of the independent mental capacity advocacy (IMCA) service on 5 July 2005. Through this consultation, the Department wishes to identify how best to deliver the new independent advocacy provision for particularly vulnerable people who lack capacity.
The consultation on the IMCA service builds on the many discussions held with interested stakeholders during the passage of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
The Government consulted informally with a small number of stakeholders prior to the launch of the consultation document. These included Mencap, Help the Aged, the Association of Directors Social Services and the NHS Confederation as well as a consultant from Durham University who has been advising on the Independent Mental Health Act Advocate project and has established links with independent advocacy providers.
The Government want to hear the views of all those interested in this important new service, including people who lack capacity, their families and carers, health and social care professionals care homes and independent and voluntary sector providers and independent advocacy organisations.
The consultation period ends on 5 September 2005.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many copies of the consultation document on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service have been produced; at what cost; and if she will make a statement. [12723]
Mr. Byrne:
The Department launched the consultation on the arrangements for the future provision of the independent mental capacity advocacy (IMCA) service on 5 July 2005. The Government have published 1,000 copies of the main consultation document and 800 copies of the accessible version. A CD-rom of the consultation documents with audio recording of the easy read version, and translations of the executive summary in several ethnic minority
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languages will be available shortly. Costs for producing and publishing these documents are estimated at around £22,000.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which organisations were sent copies of the consultation document on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service; how many were sent to each; and if she will make a statement. [12724]
Mr. Byrne: The Department launched the consultation on the arrangements for the future provision of the independent mental capacity advocacy (IMCA) service on 5 July 2005. A copy of both the consultation paper and the accessible version were sent to the following organisations:
The documents have been published on the Department's website at: www.dh.gov.uk/Consultations/LiveConsultations/fs/en.
A CD-rom of the consultation documents with audio recording of the easy read version, and translations in several ethnic minority languages will be available shortly.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects the head of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service to be appointed; and if she will make a statement. [12725]
Mr. Byrne: No decisions will be made on any arrangements for future provision of the independent mental capacity advocacy service until after the conclusion of the consultation on 30 September 2005.
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