New guidance was released in May 2025 to support trusts and community providers in enabling frontline staff to fulfil their legal requirements under the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, specifically when supporting people with a learning disability.

This new guidance is essential reading for anyone supporting someone with a learning disability in acute care.

This new mental capacity assessment flowchart and this checklist can help a healthcare professional to prepare for the assessment.

Promoting best practice for mental capacity act assessments is key; this print and display poster can help everyone in the team to keep this in mind.