Yesterday, as reported in Community Care, Annette Hopkins (owner)  and Margaret Priest (manager) ,  of Briars Retirement Home in Southampton have been found guilty under the Mental Capacity Act of neglect on 10 and 4 counts respectively. It’s an interesting case as the Mental Capacity Act introduced a new offence of ‘wilful  neglect’ of someone [...]

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