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Social care - compulsory needs assessment Duty
- Description
- A local authority must where a needs assessment is refused by an adult carry out that assessment in any event where
if—
(a) the adult lacks capacity to refuse the assessment and the authority is satisfied that carrying out the assessment would be in the adult's best interests, or
(b) the adult is experiencing, or is at risk of, abuse or neglect.
- Modified
- 18 Mar 2024
- Status
- Live
- is found in the following lists
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- requires
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