Professional Surveys
• Surveys were distributed electronically to professionals working in two HSCTs Learning
Disability Teams.
• 28 Professionals completed the surveys. Of the 28 who completed the surveys there
were;
- 21 Social Workers
- 3 LD Nurses
- 1 OT
- 1 Consultant Psychiatrist
- 2 GPs
• Those participants had a range of years working in Learning Disability services, from less
than one year to 30 years.
• The participants' experience in completing Best Interests decisions both prior to and
following the implementation of the MCA (NI) 2016 varied from no experience to those
who had been involved in ten or more Best Interests decisions.