Closed consultation

Changes to the law and guidance about making your own decisions (easy read)

• From: Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Justice, Welsh Government and Department for Education
• Published: 17 March 2022
• Last updated: 21 June 2022 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England and Wales

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Summary

The government is making changes to the rules about making your own decisions. We are updating the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice and considering a new system of safeguards – the Liberty Protection Safeguards.

This consultation ran from
midday on 17 March 2022 to 11:45pm on 14 July 2022

Consultation description

You can read about our plans in the documents below. You can also read other documents we have published that are not in easy read.

We want to know what you think about our plans. Please tell us what you think by answering some questions. Click on the ‘respond online’ button below to tell us what you think.

Documents

Changes to the law and guidance about making your own decisions – what do you think?

PDF, 2.01 MB, 41 pages

Mental Capacity Act 2005: what the law says about supporting people to make decisions about their lives

PDF, 10.7 MB, 28 pages

Liberty Protection Safeguards: what the law says about care or treatment if it takes away people’s rights

PDF, 5.71 MB, 24 pages

Mental Capacity Act and Liberty Protection Safeguards: our words explained

PDF, 5.13 MB, 20 pages

Published 17 March 2022
Last updated 21 June 2022 + show all updates

1. 21 June 2022

   The closing date has been extended to 14 July 2022.

2. 17 March 2022

   First published.