Speech and Language Therapy: Training

(asked on 22nd January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department plans to provide to speech and language therapists to allow them to train as approved mental capacity professionals.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 28th January 2019

We envisage that speech and language therapists will play a vital role in the new system of the Liberty Protection Safeguards, particularly in circumstances when the person is non-verbal or has communication support needs. We expect speech and language therapists would be consulted in appropriate cases in order to ascertain the wishes and feelings of the cared-for person.

We will use the statutory Code of Practice to describe the detail of when the involvement of Speech and Language Therapists can help and support the Liberty Protection Safeguards process. We will also use the statutory Code of Practice to detail the professionals who can become Approved Mental Capacity Professionals.

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