27 February 2008

GUIDANCE/GUIDELINES

Better Care: Better Lives (21st February 2008)
This document sets the future direction for children's palliative care services. It is a call to action to all those engaged in providing services – commissioners, service providers, voluntary sector partners – to improve data sources, to develop better needs assessments and support regimes, to tackle inequalities and encourage the delivery of care in the most appropriate setting, so improving the experiences of children and young people and their families.
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Guidance on nominating a consultee for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent (22nd February 2008)
This guidance sets out how to identify an appropriate consultee for the purposes of section 32 of the Mental Capacity Act. The Act requires the researcher to take reasonable steps to identify a person who, as a result of an existing relationship with the person who lacks capacity, can advise the researcher about that person’s participation in the project. Where no such person can be identified, the Act requires another person who can provide this advice to be appointed in accordance with guidance.

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