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Ombudsman warning over capacity assessments

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The Local Government Ombudsman has reminded social workers to correctly record capacity assessments under the Mental Capacity Act after a man with dementia was forced to live in a care home against his wishes.Social workers at Cambridgeshire county council compelled a the elderly man to move to a residential nursing facility 14 miles away from…

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