Forced Covid vax to Dementia patient lacking capacity but previously objecting to vaccination found unlawful in SS v Richmond [2021] EWCOP 31 bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCOP…
Reasons below in thread:
Reasons below in thread:
(1) SS lacked capacity, owing to dementia, to decide whether to take a coronavirus vaccination, but consistently & volubly opposed it.
(2) If she had capacity she should most likely would have refused: previously she had always attended to her medical welfare but resisted vax's.
(2) If she had capacity she should most likely would have refused: previously she had always attended to her medical welfare but resisted vax's.
(3) It would not be in her best interests to persuade her by lying that her dead father had requested she take the vaccination.
(4) It would not be in her best interests to administer it by force (sedation & restraint),
(4) It would not be in her best interests to administer it by force (sedation & restraint),
as best interests requires evaluating welfare in a sense broader than merely epidemiological: SS would look to the carers to help, and they would not be able to intervene, which likely would dismantle the tentative trust that had been established over the months.
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