Commissioning and monitoring of Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) services
Reviewing IMCA contracts
This section identifies areas which commissioners will want to focus on when reviewing their IMCA commissioning arrangements.
- Demand for the IMCA service
- Setting the budget
- Disputed case costs
- Breakdown of budget
- The range of services provided
- Meeting the varying level of IMCA instructions
- Supporting the independence of the IMCA service
- 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 IMCA s
- Monitoring information
- Assessing the quality of the IMCA service