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The Mental Health Act Code of Practice
Know your rights
An easy read fact sheet
Independent Mental Health AdvocateWhat you need to know about Independent Mental Health Advocates.
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Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA)
Key facts
Á Independent Mental Health Advocates help with your rights and making your decisions
Á Independent Mental Health Advocates are independent and are there for you
Á Independent Mental Health Advocates are free.
Á Sometimes people talk about your IMHA. This is the same as your Independent Mental Health Advocate.
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How an Independent Mental Health Advocate will help you
An Independent Mental Health Advocate will:
) Listen to you, and will help make sure your views are listened to by others
) Talk through your options with you and give you information to help you make decisions
) Help you speak up, and say what you want and need
) Help you understand your detention which means you are held in hospital and are not free to leave, and the reasons for your treatment.
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An Independent Mental Health Advocate will also:
) Help you plan your care
) Help in tribunals. A tribunal is where a group of people decide if you will continue to be detained
) Help you get the right help when you leave hospital.
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What your Independent Mental Health Advocate must do
Your Independent Mental Health Advocate must:
) Not cost you any money. Independent Mental Health Advocates are a free service
) Be clear about what they can and cannot help you with
) Tell you about what they have done to help you
) Respect you, and not judge you
) Not share your personal information with other people unless they have too.
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The Mental Health Act Code of PracticeKnow your rights
Where in the code?
This easy read fact sheet comes from:
) DH Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice, Chp 6 ‘Independent mental health advocates’ pages 54-60
Download the code: www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396918/Code_of_Practice.pdf
Download the easy read fact sheets: www.nhs.uk/easy-mentalhealthact
Download the easy read glossary: www.nhs.uk/glossary
More information:
Rethink: Advocacy - Types www.rethink.org/living-with-mental-illness/rights-restrictions/advocacy/types