In this “in conversation with” the palliative care specialist Dr Idris Baker, we start with a simple question: “what is a decision” and examine it from the perspective of both medicine and the law, and then spiral out to look at a range of issues including advance decision-making, and self-reflection in determining best interests.

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

For my video walkthrough, see: https://vimeo.com/648537905.

For more see www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk.

Boring but necessary caveat, nothing constitutes legal advice.

The MCA 2005 came into force 14 years ago today, 1 October 2007.   To mark its birthday, I've recorded a walkthrough of my top 10 Court of Protection health and welfare cases.

The slides accompanying it (with hyperlinks to the cases) are here. 

For more, see Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Boring but necessary caveat, nothing constitutes legal advice.

In this ‘in conversation’ with Professor Rosie Harding, we discuss accessible information and how making information accessible constitutes a practicable step to support decision-making under the MCA 2005.

For more see www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk.

In this ‘in conversation’ with Alix Lewer, founder of Include.org, we discuss the work of the Include choir, the role of music in supporting those with communication impairments, and how people can be educated by stealth as to what constitutes practicable steps to support capacity.

For more see www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk.

In this "in conversation with" Akiko Hart, Chief Executive of the National Survivor Users Network, we discuss the challenges of responding to reform proposals in relation to mental health law and practice as a membership organisation, and also get into some of the thorny issues around mental health reform more generally.  

For more see www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk.

In this “in conversation with” Dr Chris Danbury, we discuss the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Aintree v James, the concept of futility, and mediation in clinical negligence and serious medical treatment cases.

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

In this “in conversation with” Helen Gilburt at the King’s Fund, we discuss the report she has authored (February 2021) on Understanding clinical decision-making at the interface of the Mental Health Act (1983) and the Mental Capacity Act (2005), most easily accessed by this blog here.

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

In this shedinar, I look at the MCA and 16/17 year olds. This is a complicated area, so this can serve only as an overview. As I note in the video, the law in this area is evolving, and this represents the position as at the end of January 2021.  I will seek to do an updated shedinar in due course to keep abreast of the position.

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

In this “in conversation with” Dr Nuala Kane, Nuala discusses the work that she has been leading on under the umbrella of the Mental Health and Justice Project developing a typology of capacity rationales, how this might help determinations be more transparent, and to target support.

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