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Capacity for change: improving the governance of dementia research

James Fletcher headshot By James Fletcher Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, primary care services, Research and development, Science and Technology Posted: September 11, 2023

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) outlines legal decision-making procedures in England and Wales for people above the age of 16 who have an impairment of, or disturbance in, the functioning of the mind or brain. It specifies that research involving these people must be approved by a research ethics committee (REC) sanctioned by the […]

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