The November 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include:
(1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: Cheshire West 2, the return of LPS and where the buck stops with termination;
(2) In the Property and Affairs Report: accessing Child Trust Funds and LPA fee increase;
(3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: where (not if) brain stem death testing should take place;
(4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: progress of the Mental Health Bill and the duties owed by AMHPs;
(5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: resources for children transitioning to adult in the palliative context.
(6) In the Wider Context Report: the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill before the House of Lords, and CQC despairs at the state of care.
(7) In the Scotland Report: an update on AWI reform.
The screen-friendly compendium can be found here, and the print-friendly here.
You can find our past issues, our case summaries, and more on our dedicated sub-site here, where you can also sign up to the Mental Capacity Report.
My walkthrough is here:
