This resource will support practitioners working in statutory social care or healthcare to understand the Act and practice confidently when supporting people to make decisions, assessing mental capacity and applying the Best Interests principle.

This interactive tool will help health professionals decide what to do when in doubt about their patient’s capacity to make decisions about their care. The advice is based on the principles in BMA guidance ‘Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together’ and ‘Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision-making’.

This guidance provides you the key legal and ethical considerations that need to be taken into account when seeking consent for treatment or research, and signposts to other sources of support and information. Topics covered include: key questions about consent and refusal; capacity to consent; sharing information with patients; who is responsible for seeking consent; refusal of consent; advance care planning; consent for emergency treatment; compulsory treatment under mental health legislation; consent for research; consent for teaching purposes.

This toolkit provides practical guidance to assist doctors in making decisions in the best interests of adults who lack capacity in England and Wales. It sets out an overview of the law; outlines a clear decision-making process to follow; and provides detailed practical advice as to who doctors should consult and the information they need in reaching a decision.

This toolkit acts as a prompt to doctors when they are providing care and treatment for people who lack, or who may lack, the mental capacity to make decisions on their own behalf.

This tool kit is designed provide information and support for the application of the Mental Capacity Act to GPs and primary care staff.

These materials have been created to help support health and social care professionals working with individuals whose decision-making capacity is limited, fluctuating, absent or compromised. Demographic changes mean there are increasing numbers of people living with conditions which may impact on their decision-making capacity, and as such it is vital that professionals are confident in their understanding use of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This tool brings together information from a range of professionals working in the field of mental capacity to provide a comprehensive guide to practice. It is part of a wider research project funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing. Sections include: 1. Reflecting on values and bias in mental capacity decision-making; 2. The history and current context of mental capacity legislation and policy; 3. The concept of mental capacity; 4. Best interests; 5. Supported decision making; 6. Deprivation of liberty: human rights; 7. MCA in clinical decisions for care and treatment; 8. MCA and the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) role.

This web page shares a marketing toolkit designed for organisations to use and raise awareness among customers and employees to spot, stop
and prevent a scam. It includes logos, brochure, banner, posters and social media.

This flowchart sets out the steps needed to provide care and treatment to patients who re not under DoLS or MHA, patients with a DoLS authorisation, and patients detained under the MHA.

A tool to help assess compliance with the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

This framework has been developed within the Quality, Patient Safety and Governance directorate to support staff working within commissioning. The framework is designed to ensure that specific quality issues are included within procurement and contracting processes. The document is in two parts: Part 1 – Generic quality, patient safety and governance table and includes domains which must be considered within all procurement processes and which can support the development of service specifications; Part 2 – Detailed sections for safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act (2005) Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and reasonable adjustment, for use within all procurement processes, contracts and contract monitoring.

This questionnaire is designed to help assess compliance with the Mental Capacity Act in general practice and out of hours services. It has been designed by Barnet, Enfield and Haringey CCGs as part of work being undertaken to raise awareness and implementation of the Act.