NICE publishes mental capacity guideline
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NICE publishes mental capacity guideline

Lynne Pearce Health writer

Essential facts

According to the Care Quality Commission (CQC), about two million people in England and Wales may lack capacity to make decisions at some point in their lives because of injury, illness or disability.

Nursing Older People. 30, 7, 10-10. doi: 10.7748/nop.30.7.10.s8

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