The Mental Capacity Act: practicalities for health and social care professionals

Abstract

The Mental Capacity Act (2005) is now in full operation in England and Wales. In this article, some of the common questions that professionals face on a day‐to‐day basis are discussed, including how to assess capacity and decide whether or not someone has capacity, what to do if someone lacks capacity and what could happen if someone does not follow the Mental Capacity Act.

Citation

Hardy, S. and Joyce, T. (2009), "The Mental Capacity Act: practicalities for health and social care professionals", Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/17530180200900003