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<p>National Health Service guidance on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which is designed
to protect and empower people who may lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions
about their care and treatment, is available on the NHS website at the following link:</p><p><a
href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/making-decisions-for-someone-else/mental-capacity-act/"
target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/making-decisions-for-someone-else/mental-capacity-act/</a></p><p>The
Mental Capacity Act is supported by an accompanying statutory Code of Practice, to
which people making decisions under the Act must have regard. The Code provides guidance
to anyone working with and or caring for adults who may lack capacity to make particular
decisions. The Code of Practice is available on the GOV.UK website at the following
link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-capacity-act-code-of-practice"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-capacity-act-code-of-practice</a></p>
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