Realising the Ideal Service: London Borough of Sutton. Version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Realising the Ideal Service: An evaluation of the impact of Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards training among providers and partner organisations within the London Borough of Sutton
IRAS ID
194245
Contact name
Andrew Alonzi
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Andrew Alonzi Limited
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 31 days
Research summary
London Borough of Sutton externally funded research project. REC approval is sought for the *case studies* aspect of the project.
The aim of the study is to measure the impact of MCA 2005 and DoLS training that will be provided to managers and staff of LBS partner organisations between January 2016 and April 2017.
All participants will be drawn from the LBS area.
The entire study will involve:
1. Establishing baseline measures, including capturing internal MCA 2005 and DoLS training data from across the LBS area.
2. Analysis of MCA 2005 and DoLS training data, involving pre-training and post-training questionnaire, course evaluation, equality and diversity questionnaire.
3. Online survey (with printed alternative) measuring the impact of this training to be administered 2 months after training.
4. Seven in-depth case studies to measure the longer term impact of training:
(a) Interviews with managerial and non-managerial staff who have undergone training
(b) Less formal interviews with people who use services and their representatives
(c) Observing staff practice
(d) Auditing a random sample of anonymised recorded mental capacity assessments and best interests decisions using an audit tool5. Hosting a strategic level workshop (November 2016).
The study involves administering questionnaires and conducting interviews for quantitative analysis and using mixed quantitative and qualitative methodology to measure:
1. Baseline levels of awareness of the MCA 2005 and DoLS (pre-training questionnaire).
2. Immediate improvements in levels of awareness as a result of the training participants have received (post-training questionnaire and course evaluation questionnaire).
3. Longer term changes in levels of awareness and impact using an online survey (with printed alternative) administered 2 months after training.
4. Changes in participants’ ability to apply what they have learnt in training to daily practice, and changes to service delivery.
The principal outputs are:
1. The design of a model to measure quality outcomes
2. The development of a self-evaluation toolkit
3. Final report evaluating the project
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
15/IEC08/0065
Date of REC Opinion
14 Dec 2015
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion