Question follow-through · 98205
Mental Capacity: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of reviewing the current approach to mental capacity assessments, particularly in relation to addiction and conditions which may involve f
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of reviewing the current approach to mental capacity assessments, particularly in relation to addiction and conditions which may involve f
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
On 18 October 2025, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced the intention to launch a public consultation on the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in 2026. The consultation will cover a revised Code of Practice an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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