When an Independent Care Act Advocate will be arranged even though there is an appropriate informal representative

12.1    Where there is an appropriate informal representative, the council will still arrange an Independent Care Act Advocate in two circumstances:

1.    The person being represented is likely to be placed in NHS funded accommodation either in a hospital for 28 days or more, or in a care home for 8 weeks or more, and the Council believes it would be in their best interests to arrange an independent advocate. 

2.    The Council and the informal representative:

• cannot reach agreement about a material issue, and
• both parties agree that independent advocacy would be in the best interests of the person being represented