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Course name Executive dysfunction and fluctuating mental capacity (session 4)
Course dates and times

Date:

  • 4 February 2025

Time:

  • 1:00pm to 2:30pm

 
Course information

Course delivered online via MS Teams.

Please note: This session will be recorded.

Mental capacity is a recurring theme in local safeguarding reviews for children and adults.

This is the final session of our MCA series each of which has focused on particular topics relating to mental capacity.  

The session will be relevant to frontline practitioners working with children, families and adults.

This session will explore the dilemmas that arise from working with people who have executive dysfunction or fluctuating mental capacity and how the existing legal framework for assessments under the Mental Capacity Act can be applied.

  • To consider the meaning and relevance of executive dysfunction on mental capacity and the assessment of mental capacity.
  • Develop an understanding of recent key Court of Protection cases involving executive dysfunction
  • What is fluctuating capacity and who does it commonly affect?
  • Mental Capacity Act case law on fluctuating capacity
  • Macro v micro decisions

The session is being facilitated by Leona McCalla, Deputy Associate Director of Safeguarding, Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults, Deprivation of Liberty and Mental Capacity Act Lead, Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Price

Free
Booking information

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