That this House notes the poor understanding of the principle of presumption of capacity among professionals raised as far back as the 2014 House of Lords Select Committee’s post-legislative scrutiny of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; acknowledges the difficulties experienced in applying the principle in practice; is concerned with evidence of presumption of capacity being used to support non-intervention by service providers; further notes that this is causing preventable deaths; and believes this loophole must be closed by having a duty to assess mental capacity when it is in doubt enshrined in law.
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