Mental Capacity Report – November 2025

Welcome to the November 2025 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include:

1. In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: Cheshire West 2, the return of LPS and where the buck stops with termination;
2. In the Property and Affairs Report: accessing Child Trust Funds and LPA fee increase;
3. In the Practice and Procedure Report: where (not if) brain stem death testing should take place;
4. In the Mental Health Matters Report: progress of the Mental Health Bill and the duties owed by AMHPs;
5. In the Children’s Capacity Report: resources for children transitioning to adult in the palliative context;
6. In the Wider Context Report: the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill before the House of Lords, and CQC despairs at the state of care;
7. In the Scotland Report: an update on AWI reform.

You can find our past issues, our case summaries, and more on our dedicated sub-site here, where you can also sign up to the Mental Capacity Report.