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Independent mental capacity advocate

Definition in Statutory Guidance

From:

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice

Someone who provides support and representation for a person who lacks capacity to make specific decisions, where the person has no-one else to support them. The IMCA service was established by the Mental Capacity
Act 2005 and is not the same as an ordinary advocacy service.

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