Mental Capacity in Psychiatric Inpatients: Have Changes in Mental Health Law Influenced Practice?

  • Applicant: Penny Brown
  • Project ID: 10-007

This study aims to evaluate how frequently and at what times mental capacity is assessed in mental health inpatients, and whether this has changed with the introduction of the Mental Capacity Act.

The Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) system is a computer system that allows researchers at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) to carry out research using information from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust clinical records.

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