The National Mental Capacity Forum is a joint Ministry of Justice and Department of Health and Social Care initiative.
Its purpose is to work with stakeholders from health and social care, together with those from other sectors (for example, finance, legal, police, housing) to identify complementary actions which member organisations can pursue, especially at a local level, to improve implementation of the MCA.
The Forum consists of a small, core group of stakeholders representing different areas in the sector, and a larger group of associate members. It brings together those responsible for implementing the MCA to identify and take forward shared actions to benefit people who use services.
Webinar series: Never stop learning about mental capacity
The National Mental Capacity Forum created a third series of National Mental Capacity Webinars, produced in collaboration with the Autonomy Project at the University of Essex.
About the series
Born out of necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic, National Mental Capacity Webinars provide a forum for free training and discussion for anyone involved in applying the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) in practice. These 1-hour webinars brought together experts to address specific challenges relating to the MCA, and provided an opportunity for participants to ask questions and raise concerns, shaping the agenda for future webinars.
Supreme court decision June 2026
On 24 June 2026, National Mental Capacity Forum ran a webinar on the recent Supreme Court decision about the acid test and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Watch this webinar recording to hear Ben Troke, Richard Orson and Lucy Series discuss this significant ruling and finding a way forward for care settings in this period of uncertainty.
Attending NMCF webinars
If you are interested in the NMCF webinars, please sign up to the NMCF mailing list by emailing NMCF1@Justice.gov.uk, including the word ‘subscribe’ in the subject line. The registration link to webinars are distributed to the subscribers of the mailing list two weeks before the webinar.
Accessing your child’s trust fund when they reach adulthood
Find guidance on accessing your child’s trust fund when they reach adulthood.
Videos from the National Mental Capacity Forum
National Mental Capacity Forum webinars
Annual reports
Annual reports from the National Mental Capacity Forum