The Secretaries of State for Justice and for Health and Social
Care have approved the reappointment of Dr Margaret Flynn as
Chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum (NMCF) for 3 years
from 7 March 2025.
The NMCF was established by the Ministry of Justice and the
Department of Health and Social Care in 2015, in response to the
2014 House of Lords Select Committee post-legislative scrutiny
report of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA).
The NMCF aims to raise awareness of the MCA and improve its
implementation by joining up stakeholders from a wide range of
sectors where the MCA applies, such as health and social care,
banking, legal and third sector organisations.
The Chair of the NMCF is appointed by the Secretaries of State
for Justice and for Health and Social Care. Appointments are
regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
Dr Margaret Flynn biography
Since 2019, Dr Flynn has been a Trustee of Anheddau Cyf, a
not-for-profit charity supporting adults with learning
disabilities, autism and mental health challenges across North
Wales. She has been a Director of Flynn and Eley Associates Ltd
since 2009 and has held various editorial roles for the Journal
of Adult Protection since 1999.
Dr Flynn has chaired and written several reviews concerning
people with compromised mental capacity, in particular a review
into Winterbourne View Hospital during 2011. In 2013, she was
commissioned by the First Minister of Wales to undertake a review
of the neglect of older people living in care homes investigated
as Operation Jasmine. More recently, Dr Flynn chaired Wales'
inaugural National Independent Safeguarding Board and wrote the
review concerning Cawston Park Hospital. She is currently
coordinating research activities for TIDE (together in dementia
everyday) and is supporting its contributions to the SPIN
Dementia Network (Sustainable Prevention, Innovation and
involvement).
