Correspondence

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill: letter from the Minister of State for Care

The Minister of State for Care Caroline Dinenage has written to Inclusion London about the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and Caroline Dinenage MP
• Published: 30 January 2019
• Last updated: 4 February 2019 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill: letter from the Minister of State for Care

PDF, 40.4 KB, 3 pages

Letter from the Minister of State for Care to Inclusion London: easy read version

PDF, 957 KB, 10 pages

Details

The letter sets out the need for reform to the current Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards system.

It addresses concerns from Inclusion London around conflict of interest, advocacy and provision of information in the proposals.

Published 30 January 2019
Last updated 4 February 2019 + show all updates

1. 4 February 2019

   Added an easy read version of the open letter from the Minister of State for Care to Inclusion London.

2. 30 January 2019

   First published.