Leigh Day supports Mental Capacity Act conference
Health and social care professionals, legal experts
and relatives of those in care will come together at an event to discuss 10
years of the Mental Capacity Act on 30th March 2017 at the Mercure
Hotel in Norwich.
The event has been organised by the Edith Ellen
Foundation, in partnership with law firm Leigh Day, in order to reflect on the
application of the Mental Capacity Act in the decade since it came in to force
and to discuss improvements in care and support going forward.
Delegates at the conference will consider issues
surrounding mental capacity, deprivation of liberty and do not resuscitate
orders in the context of both those that care for patients and their loved
ones.
Speakers at the event will include District Judge
Anselm Eldergill, Clinical Psychologist Dr. Rainer Hermann Kurtz, Independent
Consultant Nurse Lynne Phair and Leigh Day Human Rights lawyer Emma Jones.
Kate Blake, Director and Co-founder of the Edith
Ellen Foundation, said:
“The Mental Capacity Conference is about raising
awareness for a:
More Caring Approach and a move towards a More Common-standard
Approach - caring for older people in care homes and the community as they
would like.”
Emma Jones, partner in the human rights team at law
firm Leigh Day, said: “It is really important that these events take place to
bring together care professionals and families to ensure that best practise is
shared and that lessons can be learned.
“This is a positive way in which we can ensure that
the human rights of those in the care system are persistently upheld.”
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