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The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is designed to protect and empower people who may lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions about their care and treatment. It applies to people aged 16 and over.
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The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is the law that tells you what you can do to plan ahead in case you can't make decisions for yourself, how you can ask someone else to make decisions for you and who can make decisions for you if you haven't planned ahead.
In situations where there's serious doubt or dispute about what's in an incapacitated person's best interests, healthcare professionals can refer the case to the Court of Protection for a ruling. This is the legal body that oversees the operation of the Mental Capacity Act (2005).
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) covers a huge range of decisions, including day-to-day things like what to wear or what to buy for the weekly shop, as well as serious life-changing decisions such as whether to move into a care home or have major surgery.
Mental Capacity Act 2005 1. Executive Summary The Mental Capacity Act is vital to good quality and effective healthcare. The Act is central to quality improvement and patient involvement. It gives rights to patients and provides essential safeguards to those that are vulnerable as well as setting out the responsibilities of those caring for them.
An Act to make new provision relating to persons who lack capacity; to establish a superior court of record called the Court of Protection in place of the office of the Supreme Court...
The 5 principles of the Mental Capacity Act. A presumption of capacity. Individuals are supported to make their own decision. Unwise decisions. Best interests. Less restrictive option. These are as follows: 1. Presumption of capacity. Start off by thinking that everyone can make their own decisions.