Improving equality of access to Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA): a briefing for providers

Author:
SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
Publisher:
Social Care Institute for Excellence
Publication year:
2015
Pagination:
3
Place of publication:
London

This summary aims to help Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) providers to open up their service to everyone who has the right to use it. Ensuring equalities within IMHA services means reaching all qualifying patients regardless of their ethnicity, age, gender, disability, beliefs, sexual orientation or any other characteristics protected by the 2010 Equalities Act. It also means taking these characteristics into careful account and developing a service that can understand their impact and meet people's needs in the best possible way. (Edited publisher abstract)

Subject terms:
access to services, advocacy, mental capacity, mental health problems, Independent Mental Health Advocacy;
Location(s):
England, Wales
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