Children – Mental Capacity Ltd

Gillick Competence: Caution required

24 November 20251 November 2025
Mental Capacity in Practice

An interesting case was heard before the courts earlier this year, which highlights how Gillick Competence should only be applied when appropriate to do so.

Consent to treatment: patient preparing for an MRI scan

Using LEGO to support capacity and enable informed consent

4 April 20226 June 2022
Comment

LEGO has launched a new kit designed to help ease children’s anxieties around using an MRI scanner. This fantastic toy helps bridge the gap in understanding around what is going to happen, putting the process of an MRI scan in terms that a child can understand, facilitating their comprehension and thereby reducing anxiety around the whole process.