Our Mental Capacity Act (MCA) webinars cover a range of topics.
Upcoming events
Further dates will be released soon.
Previous recorded events
| Date | Topic | Webinar link |
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15 May 2020 |
COVID-19 – Undertaking Assessments |
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16 July 2020 |
Mental Capacity Act – The Basics |
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25 August 2020 |
Testing for COVID-19 and mental capacity/advance decisions, previous wishes and objections / relevant case law and examples |
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| 29 September 2020 |
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| 3 November 2020 |
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Recording of MCA and home first hospital discharge |
| 5 January 2021 |
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Recording of MCA and Urinary Tract Infections |
| 2 February 2021 |
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Recording of MCA, COVID-19 vaccines and testing |
| 6 April 2021 |
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| 4 May 2021 |
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| 18 May 2021 | Pan Dorset BIA Event |
Recording of the Pan Dorset BIA Event |
| 1 June 2021 | Alcohol Related Brain Injury and the full hour will be hosted by guest speaker Neil Failes. | Recording of Alcohol Related Brain Injury |
| 6 July 2021 | Mental Capacity Act Assessment (Interactive) | View the slides from this presentation. This webinar also had a quiz alongside it and here is the link – Take the quiz! |
| 7 September 2021 |
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Recording of RPR's, S21a Applications, Care Home Visiting and ‘Do you have Capacity’ |
| 2 November 2021 |
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Recording of Capacity for Finances, LPoA’s & Coercive Control |
| 5 April 2022 | Applying the MCA in Care Homes | Recording of Applying the MCA in Care Homes |
| 3 May 2022 | Mental Capacity Act Q&A and Liberty Protection Safeguards | Mental Capacity Act and Liberty Protection Safeguards Q&A |
| 7 June 2022 | Liberty Protection Safeguards | Liberty Protection Safeguards |
| 5 July 2022 | Community DoLS and an Exploration into 'Liberty' | Community DoLS and an Exploration into 'Liberty'
Deprivation of liberty in the shadows of the institution – in discussion with Dr Lucy Series |
| 9 September 2022 | What is an Objection? | What is an Objection? |
| 17 November 2022 | MCA and Autonomy | MCA and Autonomy |
| 28 February 2023 | Mental Capacity Act Conference | Session 1- Keynote speaker Dr Lucy Series Session 2- Keynote speaker The Technology Enabled Care Team Session 3- Keynote speaker Victoria Butler-Cole KC Session 4- Presenting the Paul Greening Award |
| 17 May 2023 | Using the MCA to protect others | Using the MCA to protect others |
| 29 June 2023 | Guidance for supporting people to make decisions about care and accommodation | Guidance for supporting people to make decisions about care and accommodation |
| 19 July 2023 | Section 21A Challenges | Section 21A Challenges |
| 12 September 2023 | LPA's, Capacity and Case Law Updates |
LPA's, Capacity and Case Law Updates |
| 15 November 2023 | Best Interest Decisions | Best Interest Decisions |
| 24 January 2024 | Surveillance in P's own Home and Care Homes |
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| 6 March 2024 | Mental Capacity Act Conference |
Session 1 - https://youtu.be/dYhyf-dgNxc?feature=shared Session 2 - https://youtu.be/HGTZIa2mHcA?feature=shared Session 3 - https://youtu.be/z7JrGAZDFlY?feature=shared |
Get support accessing Team meetings.
All sessions are currently free of charge, however this is under review and may change later in the year.
The Dorset Council People- Adults pricing policy changed from 1 April 2020 as follows:
- full day course - £50 per attendee
- half day course - £40 per attendee
Please be aware that these costs will also be incurred for attendees who are classified as a ‘late cancellation’ - cancels their place within 1 week of the course date - or a ‘no show’ on the day of the course.
Target groups
Independent, Voluntary and Private Sector.
Learning and Development, Adult services
Name: Adult ServicesName: Learning and Development, Adult Services
Email: AdultsandHousingLandD@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Tel: 01305 225060
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