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Mental Capacity Act E-Learning Course

The Mental Capacity Act aims to protect vulnerable people. It provides clear guidelines for carers and professionals about when, how and who can take decisions on behalf of service users, and in which situations.

The Mental Capacity Act introduces new powers and organisations to protect individuals and helps to clarify what is expected of staff.

The Act aims to protect people who:

  • Have always had difficulty about making decisions for themselves
  • Are no longer able to make a decision
  • Are temporarily unable to make a decision
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Objectives of the MCA E-Learning

The Mental Capacity Act co-ordinates and simplifies the law about the care and treatment of people who lack capacity.

This course provides key information about the Act and describes the changes that will occur as a result of it.

Content of the Mental Capacity Act

  • The Mental Capacity Act brings in new ways of supporting vulnerable people to make decisions
  • It introduces a Code of Practice for family, carers and professionals who support people who have lost the capacity to make their own decisions
  • New Services will be introduced to support the Act including 'Independent Mental Capacity Advocates' and 'Lasting Power of Attorney'
  • A new court – The 'Court of Protection' – will consider cases where carers and/or professionals disagree on what a person's 'best interests' are.
  • A new criminal offence of neglect or ill-treatment will act to safeguard a person who lacks capacity
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