Unwise Decisions

Introduce a feature that allows staff to flag a care note as involving an unwise decision made by a person receiving support.

Reasons for idea:

• To streamline auditing and review processes where mental capacity considerations are required.

• To make it easier to identify and evidence occasions where a person has made an unwise decision while having capacity, in line with the Mental Capacity Act principles.

• To support DoLS (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) applications by providing clear, accessible documentation of relevant decision-making patterns.

Functionality:

• A simple tick-box or tag within each care note labelled “Unwise Decision.”

• Optional free-text field to record context or rationale.

• Filter and reporting options to allow managers to quickly locate all notes marked as unwise decisions.