... on a ‘unified approach to behaviours that challenge’: my freedom – the perspective of people with learning disabilities ”, Tizard Learning Disability Review , Vol. 25 No. 3 , pp. 145 - 151 . Department for Constitutional Affairs (2007), “ Mental capacity act 2005 code of practice ”, available...

... not want to put the patient through the treatment. It was clear that the treating team had not considered the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and its application even though it should have been obvious that Daniel was very likely to lack capacity to take decisions about his treatment. I suggested a Best...

... Rights. The Best Interest Assessors assured the processes for compliance with the Mental Capacity Act. All participant protocols and information literature were produced in easy read format. Data were collected at two points in time. The first data collection point was before the UK General Election 2015...

... (e.g. AA and SMART recovery), community and inpatient detoxification, and assisted withdrawal treatment – all of which John received during his 18-month treatment. Autism Mental capacity act Mental health problems Valuing people Policy Intellectual disability In this paper, we describe...

... adults with learning disabilities also rose sharply in 2014/2015 (to 8,795 granted applications) and again in 2015/2016 (to 10,055 granted applications, an increase of 1,646 per cent from 2013/2014). Adult social care Learning disabilities Intellectual disability Mental Capacity Act Deprivation...

...@kent.ac.uk © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Safeguarding Relationships Mental Capacity Act Learning disability Sex Consent A loving, committed relationship with an exclusive partner is valued highly (Shackelford et al...

... disabilities Challenging behaviour Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of liberty Law commission The Mental Health Act (MHA) (1983) Code of Practice describes the law that covers admissions to hospital and treatment for mental disorders in children as “complex” (Department of Health, 2015...

... strategies which need to be applied to clinical practice if any improvement is to happen in the care of PWID. Dr Reza Kiani can be contacted at: Reza.Kiani@leicspart.nhs.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Intellectual disability Mental Capacity Act Assessment Learning disabilities...

... analysis and discussion. Findings – The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards could be used more widely, and in preference to the Mental Health Act, but this may cause problems to clinicians and other decision makers such as Mental Health Tribunals. Originality/value – This case...

...Hilary Brown; Liz Marchant Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the way that practitioners apply the 2005 Mental Capacity Act (MCA) in complex cases involving people with learning disabilities who cannot make some key decisions by themselves. Like many qualitative studies it began...

...Robin Mackenzie; John Watts Following a case in the 1990s when a learning‐disabled man was admitted to hospital unlawfully, the UK government has introduced the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards into the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This article discusses the case that was the background...