AQW 2736/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 26/02/2020
Answered On Date: 12/03/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
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.

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.