Priority 5 from the Adult Social Work PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Has the Mental Capacity Act 2005 been embedded into practice and what are the impacts on people using services and their carers? (JLA PSP Priority 5)
Overall ranking	5
JLA question ID	0074/5
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	A good early literature review covers practice issues: Williamson, T (2012) Mental capacity and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 - A literature Review, Mental Health Foundation, https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/mca-lit-review.pdf A range of studies – some survey, some qualitative, recently consider the subject: Murrell A & McCalla L. (2015) Assessing Decision-making Capacity: The Interpretation and Implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Amongst Social Care Professionals, Practice, 28:1, 21-36, DOI: 10.1080/09503153.2015.1074667 James, E., Harvey M., & Mitchell R. (2017) The Mental Capacity Act Call to Action: Online Development of Critical Rights-Based Social Work, Practice, 29:4, 279-292, DOI: 10.1080/09503153.2017.1291801
Health Research Classification System category	Generic Health Relevance

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	Why do social workers still not use the mental capacity act to advocate for the views of the elder? ~ Has Mental Capacity Act provided greater safeguards for people with a learning disability or just put more constraints on having an ordinary life? ~ How do social workers support, enable and empower people to make decisions and ensure best practice under the Mental Capacity Act 2005? ~ What 'practicable steps' do social workers take when supporting someone to make a decision, in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005?
Submitted by	Individual survey submissions categorised by Carer, Service User, Other, Group Member, Educator, Manager, Other, Frontline Practitioner, Student, Volunteer. For full details of the type of submitter for each individual question, please see the spreadsheet of data held on the JLA website.

Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

Why do social workers still not use the mental capacity act to advocate for the views of the elder? ~ Has Mental Capacity Act provided greater safeguards for people with a learning disability or just put more constraints on having an ordinary life? ~ How do social workers support, enable and empower people to make decisions and ensure best practice under the Mental Capacity Act 2005? ~ What 'practicable steps' do social workers take when supporting someone to make a decision, in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005?

Submitted by

Individual survey submissions categorised by Carer, Service User, Other, Group Member, Educator, Manager, Other, Frontline Practitioner, Student, Volunteer. For full details of the type of submitter for each individual question, please see the spreadsheet of data held on the JLA website.

PSP information
PSP unique ID	0074
PSP name	Adult Social Work
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	61 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	20 July 2018