2nd National IMCA Conference
Action for Advocacy held the 2nd National IMCA Conference on June 8th 2010. With a great line up of experts in the field, the day gave people lots of information to use and lots of questions to ponder.
Link to Progam for the Day
Link to Action for Advocacy ISP presentation
You can access the presentations from the conference below. The areas covered are:
- Irwin Mitchell solicitors on IMCAs, the Court of Protection and some of the keys cases that they have been involved in.
Link to Presentation - Martin John, Public Guardian discussed developing IMCA's relationship with the public guardian office.
Link to Presentation - Professor Tony Holland explored the complexity of decision making under the Act within hospital settings.
Link to Presentation - Toby Williamson looks at the research that has been carried out on the effectiveness of the Mental Capacity Act.
Link to Presentation - Paul Gantley from the Department of Health on the impact of DOLS
Link to Presentation - Lucy Bonnerjea from the Department of Health covered the challenges faced by IMCAs at this time.
Link to Presentation - Lawrence Tudinfrom sas Daniels LLP presented a workshop on Continuing Healthcare Funding and Hospital Discharge. Asking whether practice and the law always coincide.
Link to Presentation
For more information about the conference, or the IMCA Support Project please contact Sue Lee or Jakki Cowley