Nuala Kane

Workstream 6: Contested Assessment | Core member

Nuala is a CT3 Psychiatry on the Maudsley Training Programme and a Clinical Research Associate with the Mental Health and Justice project. She has a background in philosophy of psychiatry and clinical interests in liaison and older adult psychiatry. She is a Mental Health Research UK MD(res) scholar and her doctoral project explores the role of the assessed person’s beliefs and values in contested and difficult capacity assessments.

Research

‘Clear explanation’ in mental capacity assessment – Owen, G., et al. (2021)
Broad concepts and messy realities: optimising the application of mental capacity criteria – Kim, S. et al. (2021)
Applying decision-making capacity criteria in practice: A content analysis of court judgments – Kane, N. et al.(2021)
Avoiding hard capacity assessments will not help. Kane, N., Ruck Keene, A., & Owen, G. (2020).
Taking capacity seriously? Ten years of mental capacity disputes before England's Court of Protection

Activity

In conversation with Dr Nuala Kane: capacity rationales, accountability and support
Avoiding hard capacity assessments will not help
Maudsley Masterclasses on ‘Contested Capacity Assessments’ in June and July 2019
Poster presentation by Nuala Kane on ‘Capacity in England’s Court of Protection.’ - Nuala Kane
‘Capacity in England’s Court of Protection’ - Nuala Kane
Evidence Session on Independent Review of MHA at House of Lords chaired by Baroness Margaret Jay
Presentation on ‘Contested Capacity Assessments’ - Gareth Owen and Nuala Kane