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Mental capacity requirement

Definition in Statutory Guidance

From:

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice

Care Quality Commission

An assessment, for the purpose of the deprivation of liberty safeguards, of whether a person lacks capacity in relation to the question of whether or not they should be accommodated in the relevant hospital or care
home for the purpose of being given care or treatment.

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