Policy Updates

Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 Policy and Procedure #6

Clinical Governance Risk Management and Safeguarding Region: | Reference: GCR13

This policy has been reviewed and updated to include brief information about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), and the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) which will simplify and replace the DoLS system. New definitions, key references and further reading have been added. Existing references have been reviewed and updated.