Goodfellow Unit Webinar: Mental Capacity

Assessing decision-making capacity is an essential skill for doctors in clinical practice and it should be within the scope of all medical practitioners. However, it is an area that many doctors lack confidence in skill and capacity.

Primary health care practitioners are in a good position to assess the mental capacity of their patients. Longitudinal therapeutic patient relationships and understanding of psychosocial background can help to detect significant changes from pre-morbid functioning and decision-making ability.

This webinar aims to provide a framework for capacity assessment – explanation of the law, practical guidance for practitioners and how it is assessed with case studies to provide context. It will be fronted by expert speakers across a range of disciplines including law, medicine and ethics.