Mental Capacity Act - How to find out more

To find out more about the Mental Capacity Act you can:

• check our links to useful websites;
• see our Mental Capacity Act posters and leaflets displayed in public places like doctor's surgeries, libraries, social care offices and hospitals;
• download these (see links below); or
• download the Department for Constitutional Affairs series of detailed booklets on the Mental Capacity Act (see links below).

Staff from across the agencies in Cumbria are also being trained so you can ask your doctor, nurse, social worker or solicitor about the Act and how it might relate to you.

More information:

• Mental Capacity Act - Links to useful websites
• Department for Constitutional Affairs series of detailed booklets on the MCA
• 'Mental Capacity Act - Making decisions for yourself' - Cumbria leaflet (PDF 739KB)
• 'What if you are unable to make important decisions in the future?' - Cumbria poster (PDF 1216KB)
• Department of Health general awareness presentation on Mental Capacity Act (PDF 63KB)