In this “in conversation with” Dr Steve Fleming, a cognitive neuroscientist and psychologist, we dig into the concept of metacognition and how work being done in the lab may start to shed light on the contested concepts of insight and decision-making capacity.

For more, see www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk. For the original video, see here.

This episode is a conversation with the Revd Dr Geoff Morgan, a hospital chaplain and former IMCA, in which we discuss spirituality, advocacy, the MCA and the difference small things can make. 

For more, see www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk.  For the original video, see here.

Boring but necessary caveat, nothing here constitutes legal advice.

In this “in conversation with” Emma Overton, Policy and Practice Development Lead at North East Lincolnshire CCG, we discuss commissioning, joined up thinking, and learning lessons from cases where steps have not been taken to consider how to enable medical treatment to be delivered to those with impaired decision-making capacity.  

For more, see mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk. For the original video, see here.

Boring but necessary caveat, nothing here constitutes legal advice.

In this "in conversation with" George Szmukler, we discuss the idea of fusion law - i.e. a law which would replace separate mental health and mental capacity legislation with legislation based solely upon mental capacity and best interests.

For more, see mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk. For the original video, see here.

Boring but necessary caveat, nothing here constitutes legal advice.

In this "in conversation with" Professor Wayne Martin, we dig into the concept of 'insight' and tease out how it might relate to mental capacity, drawing upon ongoing work that he is doing as part of the Wellcome-funded Mental Health and Justice Project (www.mhj.org.uk).

For more, see www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk. For the original video see here.

Boring but necessary caveat, nothing here constitutes legal advice.

In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Tania Gergel, we think about what philosophy can bring to thinking about mental capacity, have a chewy discussion about the (mis)use of the presumption of capacity and start getting into advance decision making and problems of personhood. For more, see www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk.

For the original video, see here.

In this episode, Dr Lade Smith CBE and I discuss the ways in which capacity assessments under the MCA do and do not capture the cultural aspects of capacity, and the consequences for discrimination.

For the original video, see here.

Boring but necessary caveat, nothing constitutes legal advice.

In this episode, I look at the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court as it relates to adults. This is a complicated area and I concentrate, in particular, on the situation where the person is at risk from others. For more guidance, and further discussion of the situation where the inherent jurisdiction might be considered where the sole risk appears to be that from the person themselves, see our Chambers guidance note on the inherent jurisdiction available here.

For the original video with slides, see here.

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A short introduction to DNAPCR and advance care planning, in the hopes that it will assist people to get the law right in this area.

For the original video with slides, see here.

In this episode, I take on the interface between the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, looking at the position both inside and outside hospital.

For the original video with slides, see here.