Ministry of Justice, January 2019
This call for evidence will aim to seek views and contributions from a range of stakeholders, to develop a robust evidence base which will inform revisions made to the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice.
The consultation closes on 7th March 2019.
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Category: Mental Capacity
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill: (Briefing Paper Number CBP8466)
House of Commons Library, December 2018
House of Commons Library briefing that provides an overview of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, and the debates and amendments made during the Bills Lords stages, ahead of its Second Reading in the Commons on 18 December 2018. The intention of the Bill is to reform the process ( Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS))for authorising arrangements which enable people who lack capacity to consent to be deprived of their liberty (for the purpose of providing them with care or treatment).
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Equality analysis: liberty protection safeguards – Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
Department of Health Social Care, December 2018
Examines the potential impact on protected groups of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to replace current legislation with Liberty Protection Safeguards. It looks at the positive, neutral and negative effects that this legislation could have on people with protected characteristics and other groups, such as carers.
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