Commissioning and monitoring of Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) services
Reviewing IMCAcontracts
This section identifies areas which commissioners will want to focus on when reviewing their IMCAcommissioning arrangements.
- Demand for the IMCAservice
- Setting the budget
- Disputed case costs
- Breakdown of budget
- The range of services provided
- Meeting the varying level of IMCAinstructions
- Supporting the independence of the IMCAservice
- Steering groups
- Which local authority is responsible for commissioning?
- Availability of service
- The process of instruction and withdrawal of instruction
- IMCA reports
- The training and qualification of IMCAs
- Monitoring information
- Assessing the quality of the IMCAservice
