How to expire Mental Capacity Assessments and Consents on Cloud
Expiring a mental capacity assessment and consents ensures that care staff always work with up-to-date information about the individual’s ability to make decisions and the permissions in place for their care. A person’s capacity can change over time due to illness, medication, or recovery, so setting an expiry date prompts a timely review rather than relying on outdated records. This supports safer, person-centred care and helps staff make decisions that reflect the individual’s current situation.
It also provides clear accountability and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, such as the Mental Capacity Act. By reviewing and renewing consents regularly, care staff can demonstrate that they are respecting the rights of individuals and ensuring decisions remain in their best interests. This reduces risk, supports transparency, and gives staff confidence that they are acting appropriately in line with both best practice and inspection standards.
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Text based guide
Enter the Care Planning app
Visit the Resident Care Plans area
Click the Essentials drop-down on your selected Service User
Choose Consents & Capacity
Select Expire Active Consents
You can choose to Show Active Mental Capacity Assessments which will show you all of the current active MCAs
You can choose to Show Active Consents which will show a list of the current Active Consents
Choose the consent from the list below, you can choose multiple or select all for bulk expiry
You must enter a reason for the expiry in the box to the right
You are able to use Margo AI to help with extending or enhancing your reason
Click Save and Continue to finish the expiry
