Mental Health Act & Mental Capacity Act interaction 8 December 2025

Aims

This course aims to enable health and social care staff to consider the impact of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 on their work and its relationship to the use and application of the Mental Health Act 1983.

Learning outcomes

· Understand the key rules and procedures of the Mental Capacity Act and how this relates to its interaction with the Mental Health Act

· Explain how their working practices will be affected by using the Mental Capacity Act

· Illustrate the skills needed to assess which Act is applicable for particular situations