This webinar explores what it means to get the balance right between protecting public health and respecting the human rights of vulnerable people in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.

This webinar was chaired by Baroness Ilora Finlay and the technical host was Prof Wayne Martin. It was about sharing voices in response to COVID-19.

This webinar looks at the challenges of implementing the Mental Capacity Act 2005 during the Covid-19 pandemic. It examines specific issues that frontline staff may face, for instance determining whether testing is a treatment, lessons learnt and examples of good practice.

This guidance looks at the practical implications of the Mental Capacity Act for end of life care. It takes into account subsequent developments, including the publication of the Code of Practice and the establishment of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service; the new Court of Protection; and the Office of the Public Guardian. It explains the MCA in the context of the current developments in palliative care, and sets out NCPC’s future work plans in relation to the MCA. This guidance is principally written for professionals and organisations in all settings that provide palliative care services, either within specialist services or as part of their day-to-day care. People working in specialist palliative care units, hospices, hospitals, care homes, and primary and community care will all find it relevant. However, it is also intended to help patients, care home residents, people who want to understand how they can influence their future care and informal and family carers.

A checklist of the five MCA principles,

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 template of a mental capacity assessment form for EMIS.

A template of a mental capacity assessment form for Vision.

A mental capacity assessment and best interests determination form. The document includes a summary of key steps in assessing capacity, the principles of assessing capacity, what demonstrates decision-making capacity and considerations for the determination of an individual’s best interests.

A flowchart outlining the procedure for checking compliance to the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards on admission to residential care.

A guide for health and social care staff on how, and in which situations, a person can be referred to the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy service.

This leaflet sets out the actions a managing authority should put in place on receipt of a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards authorisation.