Campaigners have expressed “deep concern” over a ruling by the Supreme Court that could “fundamentally” alter the lives of hundreds of thousands of disabled people who rely on the health and social care systems.
This week’s ruling has over-turned a 2014 decision by the same court – which became known as the Cheshire West ruling – which had widened the definition of who would be protected by the system that protects service-users who are unable to consent to restrictions placed on their liberty.
Campaigners say the latest Supreme Court ruling has “dismantled” those protections.
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Severely disabled people aged 16 and over will now be able to give consent to their care arrangements despite not having the capacity to do so, the Supreme Court has ruled.
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