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Mental Capacity & Best Interest Decisions

Checked: 23-05-2021 by Vicky Ryan Next Review: 23-05-2022

MCA & Best Interest Decisions in Primary Care

Please see the Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest decisions in Primary Care page in the Learning Disabilities section of Remedy.

Lasting Power of Attorney

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Court of Protection

Court of Protection - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

South West Regional Hub

Bristol Civil & Family Justice Centre
2 Redcliff Street
Bristol
BS1 6GR
United Kingdom

Deprivation of Liberty

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Efforts are made to ensure the accuracy and agreement of these guidelines, including any content uploaded, referred to or linked to from the system. However, BNSSG ICB cannot guarantee this. This guidance does not override the individual responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual patient, in consultation with the patient and/or guardian or carer, in accordance with the mental capacity act, and informed by the summary of product characteristics of any drugs they are considering. Practitioners are required to perform their duties in accordance with the law and their regulators and nothing in this guidance should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with compliance with those duties.

Information provided through Remedy is continually updated so please be aware any printed copies may quickly become out of date.