AQW 2736/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health whether the (i) Northern Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) Western Health and Social Care Trust have established panels to consider cases under The Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) Regulations (Northern Ireland 2019); and, if this is not the case, to outline the rationale for these decisions.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 26 February 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 26 February 2020
- Answer due by
- 12 March 2020
- Answered
- 12 March 202015 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Both the Northern Health and Social Care Trust and the Western Health and Social Care Trust have established trust panels to consider applications for deprivations of liberty in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019.