Title:

Assessing mental capacity

Description:

The session links to the statutory principles in session Mental Capacity Act as Part of Human Rights (783-001), and explains the requirement to do everything practicable to empower people to make their own decisions, with practice examples. It also outlines the Mental Capacity Act test for lack of capacity with practice examples and explains who is responsible for the assessment, what should trigger an assessment, how should it be done and how lack of capacity to consent should be recorded.

Hierarchy:

Mental Capacity Act (MCA) > Assessing mental capacity

Keywords:

783-002, MCA, Mental Capacity Act, human rights, DoLS, Deprivation of Liberty, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Assessment, Assess

Created:

30 Jul 2019

Updated:

15 Jan 2024