Best Interests Assessments

Best Interests Assessor (Mental Capacity & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards)

The legal framework and process by which to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our society, who lack capacity specifically to consent to treatment or care in either hospital or a care home for their own safety and interests.

 Karen is able to undertake assessments of;

• Capacity
• Risk (individual and environmental)
• Best Interests