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

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