Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 112131
Mental Capacity: Medical Examinations
Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides on when a mental capacity review should be carried out on a patient.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) is designed to protect and empower people who lack the mental capacity to make a decision themselves. It says that every person must be presumed to have capacity to make the decision in question unless it is established ...
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