Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Directory

Mental capacity assessment form.

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance and support for staff to protect adults at risk of abuse who are receiving care in our hospitals and departments. This includes guidance on what to do when a patient lacks mental capacity (Mental Capacity Act), is being deprived of liberty in hospital (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards), or is at risk of radicalisation (Prevent Strategy).

Prompt cards on safeguarding adults for staff within health services. The cover: staff responsibilities; categories of abuse; staff role as alerters; information sharing; capacity and consent; the Mental Capacity Act 2005; and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

This document is a combination of best practice guidance and external resources to assist practitioners when using the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005). It applies to all Central Bedfordshire Council employees working with people over the age of 16 and should be considered jointly with the MCA 2005 Code of Practice DoLS Codes of Practice, CBC Mental Capacity Act 2005 policy and CBC Mental Capacity Act 2005 competency framework.

A resource to help health and social care staff apply learning from MCA courses to their practice. The document lists the five guiding principles; outlines some of the things care workers do every day showing they are applying the MCA; and contains a reflective log template to help staff identify when they have applied one of the 5 principles in their work.

A checklist of the five MCA principles,

This form has been developed to support compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. There is a statutory requirement for anyone undertaking an assessment to have regard to the Code of Practice for the Mental Capacity Act.

South Gloucestershire Council form.

Service user "I" statements of the five principles of the Mental Capacity Act.

Flowchart illustrating the four routes to admitting to hospital a person needing treatment for mental health disorder: voluntary admission; Mental Health Act 1983; Mental Capacity Act; and Court order.

This presentation provides an overview of the process of assessing capacity and the thresholds for decisions; the practical skills needed to assess capacity; and how to ensure appropriate record keeping.

A brief outline of what Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are and who they apply to; and how deprivation of liberty is assessed and what happens it deprivation of liberty is occurring.