The National Mental Capacity Forum will hold its 7th ‘Rapid Response’ webinar. The webinar will focus on best interests decision-making in primary care settings during the pandemic.

This webinar was chaired by Baroness Ilora Finlay and the technical host was Prof Wayne Martin and discussed COVID-19, DoLS, and best interests.

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

This guidance covers the key principle of the Mental Capacity Act, assessing capacity and inability to consent, best interests decision making for patients, independent mental capacity advocacy, and deprivation of liberty safeguards.

This protocol has been produced to offer guidance to staff about good practice in case management prior to accessing the Court of Protection in relation to welfare disputes and the procedure to follow when an application may be needed.

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.

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

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.

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 flashcard briefly outlining the two stages of the capacity test, the best interests checklist and the five key statutory principles set out in the Act.

This leaflet briefly outlines the key aspects of the Mental Capacity Act, including advance planning, assessing capacity and best interests.

The purpose of this document is to outline commissioner Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) assurance responsibilities for the services they commission.