When should mental capacity be assessed in a person with dementia? You must always assume that a person is able to make a decision for themselves, until it is proved that they can’t. A person’s ...

Approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) have voiced concerns about the impact on their safety of a national police policy of not attending most mental health incidents. In some areas, AMHPs are ...

Today, Your Legal Corner provides an overview regarding mental capacity assessment. How actions are perceived by others is worth reviewing. If I run to the hair salon in yesterday’s clothes without ...

The assisted dying Bill could have “enhanced protections” added regarding assessments of mental capacity, Parliament heard during the final debate on the legislation this year. Labour peer Lord ...

Southampton City Council was found to be at fault over an 18-month delay in carrying out a mental capacity assessment [Google] A council has been ordered to cut delays in mental capacity assessments ...

Lord Falconer of Thornton and Kim Leadbeater MP join Dignity in Dying campaigners in Parliament Square, London (David Parry Media Assignments/PA) The assisted dying Bill could have “enhanced ...