Can health and social care systems appropriately apply Mental Capacity Act?
5 November 2013
The House of Lords Committee investigating the Mental Capacity Act 2005 will hear from representatives of NHS England, Healthwatch England and the National Care Association on Tuesday 5 November.
Witnesses
Tuesday 5 November 2013, Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster
At 10.40 am
- Hilary Garratt, Director of Nursing - Commissioning and Health Improvement, NHS England
- Moya Sutton, Head of Safeguarding, NHS England
- Katherine Rake OBE, Chief Executive, Healthwatch England
At 11.40am
- Sheila Scott OBE, Chief Executive, National Care Association
- Nadra Ahmed OBE, Chairman, National Care Association
About this session
At 10.40am the Committee will speak to Hilary Garratt, Director of Nursing - Commissioning and Health Improvement and Moya Sutton, Head of Safeguarding, both from NHS England, and Katherine Rake OBE, Chief Executive of Healthwatch England. The Committee will question the witnesses on how the Act has featured in the recent re-structuring of NHS service commissioning; the challenges of monitoring the implementation of the Act, given the range of decisions and settings that are relevant to it, and the role of NHS England and Healthwatch in promoting compliance as well as culture change.
They will be followed, at 11.40am, by Sheila Scott OBE, Chief Executive, and Nadra Ahmed OBE, Chairman, of the National Care Association. The Committee will ask the National Care Association how care homes manage to find the right balance between enablement and protection when implementing the Act; whether the deprivation of liberty safeguards are understood and appropriately implemented by their members; and what concerns they have about the impact of high staff turn-over on the implementation of the Act.