Mental Capacity Act 2005 – A SCIE Briefing
Monday, November 16th, 2009
This SCIE at a glance summary presents an overview of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 which is important to health and social care practice in England and Wales. The MCA promotes and safeguards decision-making within a legal framework by: empowering people to make decisions for themselves where possible, protecting people who lack capacity; allowing people to plan ahead for a time in the future when they might lack the capacity. Download here
For further information on the Mental Capacity Act and the role of IMCAs, visit www.scie.org.uk/mca and www.scie.org.uk/imca. You will be able to access guidance materials and further links.
SCIE are to be commended on the ”at a glance summaries” which help practitioners understand quickly and easily the important messages in a number of key areas. A full list of the very useful “at a glance” series is available here
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