OnMedica Medical Editor and GP Luke Koupparis speaks to Bond Solon trainer and subject matter expert in mental capacity Sue Inker about:
- The challenges of taking swabs in the care home sector, especially in those patients who lack mental capacity
- Remote assessment of capacity: what are the challenges that clinicians should be aware of in this situation?
- Social distancing for care home environments and carers looking after patients who may lack mental capacity
- How the primary legislation that underpins the mental capacity act works with the coronavirus act and the key points that clinicians need to know about this.