Mental Capacity Assessments

What we assess

We provide a range of comprehensive Mental Capacity Assessments conducted by experienced, registered health and care professionals. These include:

• Decision-specific Mental Capacity Act (MCA) assessments under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Expert witness reports or determinations for the Court of Protection or First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health) for England / MHRT for Wales.

• We offer a host of different types of assessments for various decisions; those we are mainly instructed around include:

- Property and financial affairs
- Lifetime gifting
- COP3 assessments
- PA14 Probate Medical Certificates
- Health and welfare decisions
- Making a Lasting Power of Attorney
- Revocation capacity
- Residency capacity
- Capacity to enter into a contract
- Care and accommodation choices
- Testamentary capacity
- Litigation capacity
- Retrospective capacity assessments

How to book an assessment in 3 easy steps

We limit the number of steps you need to take to book an assessment with us. We have three simple steps:

Step 1 is to contact us by email, telephone, online or using the 'book a consultation' link below. You can also purchase an assessment directly. We will ask for essential details about the assessment (or email you our scoping form). We will provide a written quote after the consultation. You can request direct access to our fee guide by clicking here to learn about our fees.

Step 2 it's time to allocate you to a named consultant. For some of our staff, we can book directly on their behalf. Sometimes, we can combine steps 1 and 2 in one call. At this stage, we'll ask for either whole or 50% payment to secure your booking. If you're using a solicitor, we may hold an agreement to invoice after your assessment. Please check with us.

Step 3 is the assessment! We'll undertake a face-to-face visit at a place and time where the person is most comfortable, affording them the best opportunity. Sometimes we may need to assess the person again, particularly for decisions that require longevity. If that's the case, we'll have explained this already in step 1. We then write the report and email or post it, usually within 72 hours of the assessment, or once full payment has cleared.

* As a leading capacity assessment service, we respect the use of technology to aid our assessments, but we disagree that a comprehensive evaluation can be undertaken by remote means alone, and we can never be sure of the individual's circumstances when assessing by a computer or telephone. We therefore do not offer any form of remote-based assessment for our first assessments. We may at times agree to follow up by remote means, but this is assessed on a case by case basis.

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