Mental capacity changes give care homes too much power, critics say

Mental capacity changes give care homes too much power, critics say Charities, lawyers and Labour warn against government rushing out legislation in England and Wales

Changes to mental capacity safeguards – intended to protect hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people – will hand care home managers and private hospitals far too much power, the government has been warned.

The Law Society, mental health charities and Labour have accused the Department of Health and Social Care (DoH) of rushing through legislation that would remove independent scrutiny of the monitoring process to ensure that residents were not subjected to excessive restrictions. The Guardian