Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Mental Capacity Act 2005’ from the Local Government Association and NHS England
- ‘Mental Capacity Act 2005: Code of Practice’ by the Department for Constitutional Affairs
- ‘About the Mental Capacity Act’ from the Care Quality Commission
- ‘Mental Capacity Act’ on the NHS website
- ‘Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)’ by the Social Care Institute of Excellence
- ‘The Mental Capacity Act card’ by the SCIE
- ‘Making decisions: A guide for people who work in health and social care’ by The Office of the Public Guardian
- ‘Mental Capacity Act (MCA) on the SCIE website
- ‘Power of attorney: What is mental capacity’ from Age UK
- ‘Restraint: What is it, when is it justified, how should we record it?’ on the Quality Compliance Systems website
- ‘The Mental Capacity Act 2005 deprivation of liberty safeguards: Guidance for providers’ by the Care Quality Commission
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- The article ‘Mental Capacity Act At a Glance’, produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence( SCIE) was used for the Good Practice Examples, but it contains a good introduction to the MCA (2005) with many further references and links.
- Click to read more about 'Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)' on the SCIE website
- ‘Dementia and the Mental Capacity Act 2005’ from the Alzheimer’s Society website. Click on the link to read this article or listen to the audio version.
- Find out more about the MCA (2005) from the website of MIND, a mental health charity.
- Click to read ‘Mental capacity and mental illness’ on the Rethink Mental Illness website.
- Click to read ‘The Relationship between the Children Act 1989 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005’ on the Child Protection Resource website.
- Think And Challenge
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