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The purpose of these short narrated presentations is to introduce practitioners to the Mental Capacity Act in more detail, to explain what the Act says, and what impact it will have on palliative care.

There are a number of ways you might want to make use of these presentations

  • Work though them on your own

  • Run 4 group sessions and show the presentations using a projector, then get the group to talk about what they have watched.  You could supplement the learning by giving out the handouts after the event; these are the voiceover scripts

The presentations will open in a new browser window.  Close the window at the end of the presentation to return to this page.

  1. Introduction to the Mental Capacity Act 
  2. Capacity & Best Interests
  3. Third Party Involvement in Decision-making
  4. Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment & Criminal Offences

©  2008 Help the Hospices
This work has been commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care Institute for Excellence as part of a programme of work on implementing the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Social Care Institute for Excellence
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