Publications

Our guidance on the limits to power of attorney when an adult with incapacity resists or objects.

Our guidance on  the use of the Adults with Incapacity Act in general hospital and care home settings. This document was reviewed and updated in Spring 2017 in light of changes to the Mental Health Act.

Our guide to the use of The Mental Health Act in general hospitals.

This advice note considers the issues for organisations such as care homes who may be considering using hidden surveillance. It also looks at the subject from the point of view of families and friends of people who are cared for by such organisations, and who may themselves be considering using hidden surveillance.

A quick guide to Power of Attorney for staff in hospitals and care homes.

A quick guide to Power of Attorney for general practitioners.

Principles and guidance on good practice when considering the use of telecare and assistive technology for people with dementia, learning disabilities and related disorders.

An update of the analysis and guidance advice on deprivation of liberty produced in 2013.Thank you to Jill Stavert for producing this update.

Mental Welfare Commission response to queries related to when to use s13ZA v Guardianship following the Cheshire West Supreme Court decision.

This aims to guide thinking on the use of restraint and encourage care staff to consider the impact actions may have on the people they are caring for.

Guidance on delivering physical healthcare to people who lack capacity and refuse or resist treatment.

Guidance for those working to provide residential care for people with a learning disability, mental illness or dementia, including a 'Guardianship Checklist' - a guide to information we would expect to see in the file of an individual subject to welfare guardianship.