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Understand the importance of establishing consent when providing care or support

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This film is part of the Social care TV website. The page contains a 6 minute video portraying Khurrum, aged 19 and living with severe learning disabilities, together with his key worker. The key worker communicates with Khurrum about his wishes for the future using the aid of computer software.

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This article about Consent to Treatment (Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation) is from the website Patient.co.uk. The article is very informative and covers the general principles of consent.
This flowchart from Central and North West London NHS looks at the process of establishing ‘Consent, capacity, and best interests assessment for health and social care interventions’.
Click to read ‘Care planning, liberty and autonomy’ which is part of the Social Care Institute for Excellence’s section on the ‘Mental Capacity Act (MCA).

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