An IMCA’s role is to ensure that people are as involved as possible in major decisions about their lives, and that any decisions made on a person’s behalf are made in that person’s best interests.
Useful Contacts
Office of the Public Guardian (OPG)
The Office of the Public Guardian supports and promotes decision-making for those who lack capacity or would like to plan for their future, within the framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Archway Tower
2 Junction Road
London
N19 5SZ
Tel: 0845 330 2900
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.publicguardian.gov.uk
Department of Health (DH)
Responsibilities include setting health and social care policy in England. The Department’s work sets standards and drives modernisation across all areas of the NHS, social care and public health.
Wellington House
133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 3UG
Tel: 020 7210 4850
Web: www.dh.gov.uk
What Does the Service Do
IMCA support for:
- Change of accommodation
- Serious medical treatment
- Safeguarding
- Care reviews
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards:
- Paid relevant person’s representative
- 39A IMCA
- 39C IMCA
- 39D IMCA
- 1.2 representative
Who is the Service For?
The IMCA project supports people who:
- Are over the age of 16
- have been assessed as lacking capacity
- Has no appropriate friends or family to consult
- Need support to make a decision relating to
- Serious medical treatment
- Change of accommodation
Or
Those who are subject to a deprivation of liberty safeguard (DoLS) authorisation
Or support someone as an unpaid relevant person’s representative (RPR)
IMCA Resources
There are a number of free resources and guides available for anyone making an IMCA referral. They include information on finances of people in care settings, ReSPECT form decisions and what the advocate’s role involves.
To see them all, please click on the button below.
Guidance on IMCA
We have some information and guidance about what our service does. One is an overview of what IMCA is and the other is guidance on who it is appropriate to consult with when making a referral.
To read both, please click on the buttons below.
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