CSAB are sharing learning resources for practitioners for personal development and can also be useful during team meetings and/or supervision sessions.
Social Care Institute for Excellence
SCIE have produced a whole series of short learning videos for practitioners based on the 5 principles of the MCA. Watch here
MCA easy read guide
You can access an MCA easy read guide and summary here
GP guide to capacity and consent to treatment
You can watch the short video here.The video uses Jean's story, to illustrate how GPs can assess mental capacity to consent to treatment. Jean has dementia and needs medical treatment.
CQC guidance for providers
CQC Regulation 11, requires that care and treatment of people using services must only be provided with the consent of the relevant person. For more information read Capacity & Consent from CQC here.
Legal advice and guidance
39 Essex Street Chambers has developed an unrivalled set of resources for those seeking to apply and understand the Mental Capacity Act 2005, as well as to understand the place of mental capacity within the law more generally. There is a dedicated MCA section of the website which gathers together sets of resources which you can access.
Edge Training Ltd resources
There are a series of briefings and information sheets intended to support practitioners working with the MCA. This inlcudes case law updates, guidance and templates find out more here
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