Court of Protection Blog: Capacity in Practice in the age of Covid

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21/04/2021

In this first blog, Dr Rebecca Poz, a well-known and respected medico-legal expert who frequently appears in the Court of Protection, addresses her practical experience of capacity assessment and comments on the recent advent of the vaccine programme to her patients.

Dr Poz is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist for the Older People’s Mental Health Service in and around East Anglia. She works in the NHS and the charitable sector. The views expressed in this blog are her personal views.

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