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From challenging the decisions of social services and doctors to disputes regarding mental capacity and entitlement to NHS funding and care, we have the expertise and experience to help you obtain the care you need.
When a person is not able to make a decision about whether to have medical treatment, either because they lack the mental capacity (if, for example, they are in a coma), or because they are a child, the person’s doctors have to decide whether or not the proposed treatment is in the person’s “best interests”.
People with long term care needs are often reliant on their local social services departments to provide care for them, either in their own home or in care homes.
If you have long term care needs you may receive care in your home or residential care arranged and funded by your local social services department or from the NHS. The crucial difference between social services care and NHS care is that NHS care is free, but social services care is means tested and you may have to pay for it with your own money.
The new Mental Capacity Act 2005 says that if you do not have the mental capacity to make medical or welfare decisions, any decision made on your behalf has to be made in your “best interests".
With new and better treatments being developed every day, the National Health Service is coming under increasing pressure to allocate its limited resources to those who are most in need.
People in nursing homes could be entitled to free NHS care. Those who do not qualify for fully funded NHS care may still be entitled to receive some of their nursing care free of charge on the NHS.
Answers to frequently asked questions regarding complaints over NHS services or treatment and useful contacts.
