Legal context

Within the working relationship the same laws apply in relation to assault, theft, fraud and other offences as in the wider world.

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 has introduced two new criminal offences:

•  ill treatment or wilful neglect of a person who lacks capacity to make relevant decisions (section 44)
  
  
• Staff employed under Green Book conditions of employment are subject to a contractual requirement (at 2.1) to “maintain conduct of the highest standard such that public confidence in their integrity is sustained"