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PART C — RECORD OF THE ASSESSMENT
I have assessed whether the person meets the mental capacity requirement.
In carrying out this assessment, I have taken into account any information given to me, and any
submissions made, by any of the following:
(a) any relevant person’s representative appointed for the person
(b) any IMCA instructed for the person in relation to their deprivation of liberty.
The managing authority proposes to accommodate the person in the hospital or care home so that they can
be given the care or treatment specifi ed in their request for this standard authorisation.
In my opinion, all practicable steps have been taken to help the person to make their own decision in
relation to this question.
I have assessed capacity in accordance with the principles and requirements of the Mental Capacity Act
2005.
Place a cross in EITHER box C1 OR box C2 below Ø
C1 In my opinion the person LACKS capacity to make their own decision about whether
they should be accommodated in this hospital or care home for the purpose of
being given the proposed care and/or treatment because of an impairment of, or a
disturbance in the functioning of, the mind or brain.
C2 In my opinion the person HAS capacity to make their own decision about whether
they should be accommodated in this hospital or care home for the purpose of
being given the proposed care and/or treatment.
WHY THE PERSON LACKS CAPACITY TO MAKE THIS DECISION FOR THEMSELVES
If you placed a cross in box C1, also place a cross in ONE OR MORE of the boxes below (C3–C6) Ø
C3 The person is unable to understand the information relevant to the decision.
(The information relevant to a decision includes information about the reasonably
foreseeable consequences of deciding one way or another, or failing to make the decision.)
C4 The person is unable to retain the information relevant to the decision.
(The fact that a person is able to retain the information relevant to a decision for a short
period only does not prevent them from being regarded as able to make the decision.)
C5 The person is unable to use or weigh that information as part of the process of making
the decision.
C6 The person is unable to communicate their decision (whether by talking, using sign
language or any other means).
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