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Your guide to the Mental Capacity Bill
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 27.7.04, 2004, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the main areas of the Mental Capacity Bill, which covers England and Wales.
Something to declare? The disclosure of common mental health problems at work
- Author:
- IRVINE Annie
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 26(2), March 2011, pp.179-192.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
With a focus on mental health and the workplace, this article presents research findings highlighting the complexities involved in individual decision-making and experiences about whether and how to inform employers and others in the workplace about mental health problems such as stress, anxiety and depression. It is based on 2 studies about people's experiences of mental health and employment (one of incapacity benefits recipients and the other of individuals who had sustained employment throughout periods of mental ill health). Using examples from the study data, it discusses how the complex nature of mental health can complicate workplace disclosure, such as where individuals expressed difficulties in the workplace or in their personal life rather than a mental health problem and where individuals delayed disclosure because they did not perceive their experience to be a mental health problem. The author notes that for many people in the mental health and employment studies described, the starting point of their experience was not one of illness or disability, but of sadness, stress or worry.
Decisions, decisions
- Author:
- WILLIAMSON Toby
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, October 2007, pp.27-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Mental Capacity Act comes into full effect on 1 October 2007. This article aims to provide answers to some of the most frequent voiced questions and misapprehensions from mental health service users, carers, and practitioners about what the Act will mean to them.
Factors that influence decision making by 8-12 year olds in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS): a systematic review
- Authors:
- COX Annette, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 31(3), 2016, pp.195-209.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
There is significant legal guidance and case law available to support clinicians in assessing whether young people aged over 13 years are able to make informed decisions about their own healthcare; however when working with children aged 8-12 years, the guidance is unclear. In order to assess whether 8-12 year olds are able to make decisions in their own healthcare, we first need to understand the factors that influence this process. A systematic literature review of five electronic databases (PsycINFO, EBSCO, Science Direct, Science Full Text, Web of Science All Databases) was conducted. The search identified 12 studies and one piece of government guidance. The studies were identified from a variety of health and social research journals. The six factors that were identified were: 1) consent, competence and capacity, 2) best interests, 3) communication, 4) risks and conflicts, 5) legal frameworks, and, 6) parental role. The review concludes that it is possible for some children 8-12 years of age to make decisions regarding their own healthcare. The necessary conditions are that age specific language is used through a variety of mediums which will include risks, benefits and options for the proposed interventions. Clinicians need to be skilled in the assessment of the child’s ability to make decisions and be effective communicators with a commitment to children’s involvement. Further research in both these areas is needed. (Edited publisher abstract)
Replacing DoLS: proposals appraised
- Author:
- JOLLEY David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 25(4), 2017, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The author describes why there is a need to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs) and explains how proposals from the Law Commission will be cheaper and more manageable than the system currently in place (Edited publisher abstract)
Statutory disclosure guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Revised statutory code of practice for chief officers of police to help them decided what police information to disclose during Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. The revised guidance includes advice on disclosing information relating to mental health, and advises whether and when to include information about detentions in police cells or health-based places of safety when someone experiencing a mental health crisis comes into contact with the police. Information from Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks is used by an employer to decide whether someone is a suitable person to work with children or vulnerable adults. (Edited publisher abstract)
Decision aid on disclosure of mental health status to an employer: feasibility and outcomes of a randomised controlled trial
- Authors:
- HENDERSON Claire, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 203(5), 2013, pp.350-357.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Many mental health service users delay or avoid disclosing their condition to employers because of experience, or anticipation, of discrimination. This study investigates whether a decision aid can help to support decision-making about disclosure to an employer, aims to determine whether a large-scale trial is feasible; and to optimise the designs of a larger trial and of the decision aid. An exploratory randomised controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in London, with participants randomly assigned to use of a decision aid plus usual care or usual care alone. Follow-up was at 3 months. Primary outcomes were: (a) stage of decision-making; (b) decisional conflict; and (c) employment-related outcomes. Eighty participants were recruited and interventions were completed for 36 out of 40 in the intervention group; in total 71 participants were followed up. Intention-to-treat analysis showed that reduction in decisional conflict was significantly greater in the intervention group than among controls. More of the intervention group than controls were in full-time employment at follow-up. The observed reduction in decisional conflict regarding disclosure has a number of potential benefits which next need to be tested in a definitive trial. (Edited publisher abstract)
Denying the severity of mental health problems to deny rights to the homeless
- Author:
- HUNTER Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- People Place and Policy Online, 2(1), 2008, Online only
- Publisher:
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
This paper looks at the way decisions are made by local authorities under Housing Act 1996, Part 7, in relation to single homeless people who claim to be vulnerable due to mental health problems. The Act provides no definition of vulnerability, and there has been a plethora of cases which have examined its meaning. Through consideration of reported court cases the paper shows how local authorities have tried to limit their duties to those with mental health problems and how the courts have generally been willing to uphold such an approach. It then considers how authorities use medical evidence in making these decisions and in particular the role of the independent firm NowMedical.
Housing with capacity: the Mental Capacity Act explained
- Author:
- WILLIAMSON Toby
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 9(4), December 2006, pp.13-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 comes into effect in England and Wales 2007. The Act contains principles, procedures and safeguard to empower people to make decision for themselves wherever possible, but also to ensure that decision made on their behalf if they lack the mental capacity to make decision themselves are done in their best interests. The Act will apply to anyone working in the supported housing field or residential care where residents may lack the capacity to make decisions as a result of illness, injury or disability. This article gives an overview of the Mental Capacity Act and its relevance to the field of supported housing.
Age Concern's response to the Department for Constitutional Affairs consultation on Court of Protection and Office of the Public Guardian fees
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 received Royal Assent on 7 April 2005. The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA), the Department of Health and the Welsh Assembly Government are working together to implement the Act in April 2007. The Act establishes a new specialist court, to be known as the Court of Protection, with a new jurisdiction to deal with decision-making for adults who lack mental capacity. The Act also establishes a new statutory office holder, the Public Guardian, with a range of statutory functions set out at Section 58 of the Act. From April 2007, he will be supported by the Office of the Public Guardian, an executive agency of the DCA, and the Public Guardianship Office will cease to exist. The new Court of Protection and the new statutory office of Public Guardian will have a different approach from their predecessors. This will have advantages for those who use their services. Judges will decide all new matters which come before the new Court from April 2007. Where the court orders that a deputy is appointed for a person who lacks capacity, a new approach to supervision is proposed. Customer service will be improved with a dedicated customer service team to answer queries and provide information about the new Court, the new Public Guardian and the new Act. The DCA has developed a new fee regime which will be simpler and more transparent to customers in terms of the fees that they will be charged. Fee exemptions and remissions will ensure that access to justice is protected for those who are unable to pay. This consultation paper seeks views on the proposals for this new fee regime. The paper looks at 4 areas of the proposed fees to be charged by the Court of Protection and Office of the Public Guardian in turn: registration of Enduring and Lasting Powers of attorney and register searches; the Court Reporting Service; fees in respect of the Court of Protection; and fees relating to deputies and their supervision.