Mental Capacity Act (MCA)

Mental Capacity Act (MCA) The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) provides a new statutory framework to empower and protect people who may lack the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves. The Act applies to people over the age of 16 and its provisions come into effect from April 2nd 2007.
This course aims to deliver basic awareness training on the introduction of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. These staff will have duties that involve the care and support of people who lack capacity (those unable to provide informed consent in many areas of decision making)
The course will identify issues of capacity and consent and address those issues which have hitherto been questions of the 'common law' alone - best interests, necessity and duty of care. The training will outline the scope of the new legislation, the supportive guidance and its implications for professional practice. There will be the opportunity to consolidate learning through practice scenarios