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Mental Capacity Act practice guidance

Mental Capacity Act practice guidance

A step-by-step guide for professionals in Devon.

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Introduction
Part 2 The Principles
Part 3 Scope of the MCA
Part 4 How MCA helps people plan for the future
Part 5 How MCA helps people be involved in their own decisions
Part 6 How to assess capacity
Part 7 Being a decision-maker
Part 8 Best interests decisions
Part 9 Best interest meetings
Part 10 How to record decisions
Part 11 Resolving disputes
Part 12 Legal protection when applying MCA
Part 13 If the person can't comply with the decision
Part 14 Restraint
Part 15 Independent Mental Capacity Advocates
Part 16 Serious medical treatment
Part 17 Advance Decisions and Advance Statements
Part 18 End of life care and decision-making
Part 19 Lasting Powers of Attorney
Part 20 Conveying someone to hospital or residential care
Part 21 Consent to having sex
Part 22 The legal position of 16-18 year olds
Part 23 The Court of Protection
Part 24 MCA and family and informal carers
Part 25 MCA and untrained workers
Part 26 People who lack capacity to manage their money
Part 27 People who lack capacity to make legal agreements
Part 28 Consent and implied consent
Part 29 Emergencies
Part 30 Confidentiality
Part 31 The Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act
Part 32 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
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