CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH (CPA)
CPA is a UK-wide model for delivering community services to people with mental health problems. It is a key part of the mental health system. Health and social service professionals assess the service user’s need, provide a written care plan, allocate a care coordinator/lead professional, and regularly review the plan with the service user, their family and other professionals.
NHS and Community Care Act 1990 (CCA)
The Act requires health authorities working with the local authority to put in place set arrangements for the care and treatment in the community of people with mental health problems. It places a duty on local authorities to assess an individual’s needs and circumstances in partnership with them to …show more content…
¥ Section 117 of the MHA places a duty of care on a commissioner, trust or local authority to give aftercare to patients entitled to these services when they have been discharged. These responsibilities only affect those detained under certain sections of the MHA.
MENTAL CAPACITY ACT 2005 (MCA)
The aim of the MCA is to promote and safeguard decision-making within a legal framework. It does this by empowering people to make decisions for themselves wherever possible, and by protecting people who do not have the capacity to protect themselves by setting out a flexible framework that puts individuals at the heart of the decision-making process. It is a key law for supporting people with mental health problems.
The MCA is a complex area of work but is based on five key principles:
¥ It assumes that an individual has capacity unless it is established otherwise.
¥ A person should not be treated as if they cannot make a decision unless all practice steps to help them make decisions have been taken without success.
¥ A person should not be treated as if they cannot make a decision just because they make an unwise
CPA is a UK-wide model for delivering community services to people with mental health problems. It is a key part of the mental health system. Health and social service professionals assess the service user’s need, provide a written care plan, allocate a care coordinator/lead professional, and regularly review the plan with the service user, their family and other professionals.
NHS and Community Care Act 1990 (CCA)
The Act requires health authorities working with the local authority to put in place set arrangements for the care and treatment in the community of people with mental health problems. It places a duty on local authorities to assess an individual’s needs and circumstances in partnership with them to …show more content…
¥ Section 117 of the MHA places a duty of care on a commissioner, trust or local authority to give aftercare to patients entitled to these services when they have been discharged. These responsibilities only affect those detained under certain sections of the MHA.
MENTAL CAPACITY ACT 2005 (MCA)
The aim of the MCA is to promote and safeguard decision-making within a legal framework. It does this by empowering people to make decisions for themselves wherever possible, and by protecting people who do not have the capacity to protect themselves by setting out a flexible framework that puts individuals at the heart of the decision-making process. It is a key law for supporting people with mental health problems.
The MCA is a complex area of work but is based on five key principles:
¥ It assumes that an individual has capacity unless it is established otherwise.
¥ A person should not be treated as if they cannot make a decision unless all practice steps to help them make decisions have been taken without success.
¥ A person should not be treated as if they cannot make a decision just because they make an unwise