Tue 22nd July 2025 – 1.30-2.30pm: Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCA) - guest speaker Claire Lambert (manager of the local IMCA service) Join the meeting now
Tue 23rd September 2025 – 1.30-2.30pm: MHA &MCA overlap / interface – guest speaker Amy Leadbetter (SPFT Legal Educational Advisor ) Join the meeting now
Tue 21st October 2025 – 1.30-2.30: Challenges in assessing capacity - fluctuating capacity and difficulties in engagement – speaker Meike Weststrate (ESHT Mental Capacity lead) Join the meeting now
Tue 25th Nov 2025 – 1.30-2.30pm: Q&A ReSPECT – guest speaker Chris Penhale (Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust -ReSPECT Lead) Join the meeting now
Tue 16th Dec 2025 – 1.30-2.30pm: Sensory impairment: communication and capacity– guest speaker Donna Waddington (ESCC Social Work Senior Practitioner Sensory Impairment Reablement Team) Join the meeting now
Either click extranet links to join or email us on esht.mcadols@nhs.net and we will send you an MS team invite.
New ‘MCA: How to assess capacity’ workshops Upcoming dates:
24 July 2025 (9:30 – 12:00) - EDGH 16 September 2025 (9:30-12)-CQ 23 October (9:30-12:00) EDGH More dates throughout 2025
Who should attend?
This course is aimed at clinical staff who are required to assess capacity and support patients through the decision-making. Meike will explain how to complete a mental capacity assessment by way of group discussion and use of case scenarios.
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