Fine for independent living ‘fixation’

Bedford borough council and South Essex Partnership University Trust been fined for inappropriately caring for a man with mental health issues in his own home after officers became fixated on the man’s wishes to live independently’. A joint investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman Dr Jane Martin and the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman Julie Mellor found the paranoid schizophrenia sufferer was malnourished and had poor dental health because professionals did not properly assess whether he had the capacity to make decisions for himself.

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