Independent Mental Health Advocates
Independent Mental Health Advocates
An Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) is someone completely independent of your care team. It sometimes helps to have an independent person to explain about being on a section and this is what an IMHA does. If you want to speak to, or meet with an IMHA, one of the nurses on your ward will put you in touch with them.
Having an IMHA does not stop you also having a solicitor, or general advocate, or a member of our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) team to offer you support.
Our PALS team can be contacted by telephone on 024 7653 6804 - 0800 212 445 or visit their page here.
VoiceAbility (for most patients; except those at Brooklands)
VoiceAbility is an independent charity supporting people to be heard in decisions about their health, care and wellbeing.
VoiceAbility | Advocacy and involvement
Solihull First Advocacy (Brooklands inpatients)
Solihull First Advocacy is a partnership between Solihull Action through Advocacy and Independent Advocacy.
They provide all adult statutory advocacy services for the Borough of Solihull, as well as non-statutory advocacy.
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness is a charity helping people severely affected by mental illness improve their lives.