Forms to be used for the assessment and best interest review of patients who lack capacity to make a specific decision.

Information, guidance, and accredited training for care and health staff to support, protect and empower people who may lack capacity.

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards form.

Mental capacity assessment form.

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.

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.

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 capacity assessment form for use when key decisions about care or treatment are planned and there is some doubt about whether the patient is able to make the decision for themselves.

Mental capacity assessment audit template.

This is an audit form to confirm whether a person’s records contain evidence that the person has been involved in any decision-making process and supported to make their own decisions about their care/treatment; evidence that an assessment of the person’s capacity (to make their own decision about their care/treatment) has been carried out in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its Code of Practice; and evidence that a determination of best interests has been carried out in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its Code of Practice.

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.