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| Working with mental capacity advocates | | Corporate Author | Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE |
| Journal title | Community Care, issue 1802, 21 January 2010 |
| Pages | pp 30-31 |
| Source | www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Court of protection ; Advocacy ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Independent mental capacity advocates (IMCAs) were introduced in England and Wales under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in October 2007. In this article, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) highlights best practice in the use of IMCAs and the extent of their legal powers in safeguarding adults. The role of the IMCA is to support and represent the person through the decision-making process and ensure that the person's views and wishes are heard. An IMCA has powers to meet the person in private and to view their health and social care records. The article includes a case study on hospital practice and notes recent research: The second annual report of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service (Department of Health, 2008); 'Access to independent advocacy: an evidence review' (Office for Disability Issues, 2009); and 'Here for good? A snapshot of the advocacy workforce' (Action for Advocacy, 2008). Further information sources can be found on SCIE's website (at http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/imca/index.asp.. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100122201 A |
| Classmark | E: JVC: IQ: 583 * |
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