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Professionals fail to comply with Mental Capacity Act

17 June 2010

More than half of health and social care professionals are failing to comply with the Mental Capacity Act 2005's requirements when conducting assessments of capacity.

A study by the Mental Health Foundation revealed 52% of professionals were assuming that service users did not have capacity before conducting an assessment.

Read the full article on the Community Care website.