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This annex is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of the law or list of relevant legislation and case law, nor is it a substitute for up-to-date legal advice. It is for reference purposes only.
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice is a statutory code that doctors are expected to observe in their day-to-day treatment and care of adults who lack capacity to make a decision. There are details of the Act and Code, and access to training materials and guidance, on the websites of the Department of Health (DH) England, the Welsh Government, and Justice. Advice and support in working with the Act and Code in health and social care settings are currently available from implementation leads in NHS trusts and health boards. There is additional advice on appointing and working with independent mental capacity advocates (IMCAs), is available on the websites of DH England and the Welsh Government.
The Human Rights Act 1998 came fully into force across the UK in 2000. The Act incorporates into domestic law the bulk of the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Act requires all ‘public authorities’, which includes the NHS, to act in accordance with the rights and duties set out in the Act.
Doctors who provide services on behalf of the NHS are required to observe the Act in reaching decisions about individual patients and in relation to other aspects of NHS service delivery.
Article 2: The right to life and positive duty on public authorities to protect life.
Article 3: The right to be free from inhuman and degrading treatment.
Article 5: The right to security of the person.
Article 9: The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
Article 14: The right to be free from discrimination in the enjoyment of these other rights.
A National Health Trust v D (2000) 55 BMLR 19; NHS Trust A v M and NHS Trust B v H (2000) 58 BMLR 87.
For a very rare exception in the case of conjoined twins see Re: A (Children) (Conjoined twins: surgical separation) [2000] 4 All ER 961.
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] 1 All ER 821 at page 860 per Lord Keith and page 866 per Lord Goff. Also Re JT (Adult: Refusal of Medical Treatment) [1998] 1 FLR 48 and Re AK (Medical Treatment: Consent) [2001] 1 FLR 129.
St George’s Healthcare Trust v S (No 2). R v Louise Collins & Others, Ex Parte S (No 2) [1993] 3 WLR 936.
Re Ms B v a NHS Hospital Trust [2002] EWHC 429 (Fam).
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] 1 All ER 821 at page 860 per Lord Keith and page 866 per Lord Goff. Re T (Adult: Refusal of Treatment) [1992] 4 All ER 349 and Re AK (Medical Treatment: Consent) [2001] 1 FLR 129. W Healthcare NHS Trust v H [2005] 1 WLR 834.
Re B [1981] 1 WLR 421; Re C (A Minor) [1989] 2 All ER 782; Re J (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1990] 3 All ER 930; Re R (Adult: Medical Treatment) [1996] 2 FLR 99.
Wyatt & Anor v Portsmouth Hospital NHS & Anor [2005] EWCA Civ 1181. Burke v GMC [2005] EWCA Civ 1003. An NHS Trust v MB [2006] EWHC 507 (Fam).
An NHS Trust v Ms D [2005] EWHC 2439 (Fam). Burke v GMC [2005] EWCA Civ 1003.
An NHS Trust v S & Ors [2003] EWHC 365 (Fam).
Glass v the United Kingdom (ECHR, 2004).
Re J (A Minor) (Child in Care: Medical Treatment) [1992] 2 all ER 614; Burke v GMC [2005] EWCA Civ 1003.
Burke v GMC [2005] EWCA Civ 1003.
Burke v GMC [2005] EWCA Civ 1003. NHS Trust v Ms D [2005] EWHC 2439 (Fam).
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] 1 All ER 821; Law Hospital NHS Trust v Lord Advocate 1996 SLT 848.
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] 1 All ER 821; Law Hospital NHS Trust v Lord Advocate 1996 SLT 848. Also refer to Practice Note (Official Solicitor: Declaratory Proceedings: Medical and Welfare Decisions for Adults Who Lack Capacity) [2001] 2 FLR.
Re J (A Minor) (Child in Care: Medical Treatment) [1992] 2 All ER 614; and Re G (Persistent Vegetative State) [1995] 2 FCR 46.
Re A (Male Sterilisation) [2000] FCR 193; and Re S (Adult: Sterilisation) [2000] 2 FLR 389. Health And Social Services Trust v PM & Anor [2007] NIFam 13 (21 December 2007).