Saturday 20 May 2017

Mental Capacity Act Conference Newsletter



On the 30 March 2017, The Edith Ellen Foundation with Leigh Day Solicitors held The Mental Capacity Act Conference – What’s Right & What’s Wrong.  A decade after the Mental Capacity Act came into force across the United Kingdom it is very much back in the public domain with open discussions across the Professional span, the conference was a review of the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).

In March 2014, a House of Lords Select Committee published a detailed report concluding that the DoLS were “not fit for purpose” and recommended that they be replaced.  DoLS have been criticised since they were introduced for being overly complex and excessively bureaucratic.

Below is The Edith Ellen Foundation Newsletter from the day, please feel free to download and share across your network of colleagues, friends & families




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