April 02 2020 : Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and the COVID-19 crisis

April 02 2020 : Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and the COVID-19 crisis

Unlike the Care Act, the MCA ( and the related Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)) – has not been altered by the emergency Coronavirus Act, but while the basic law remains the same, there are implications for the use of the MCA during the coronavirus outbreak: