Mr and Mrs D, a Scottish couple who have learning difficulties, faced years of mistreatment because their local authority failed to act to protect them.

A new report by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland calls for a local authority to apologise for failing to intervene to protect Mr and Mrs D, despite evidence of financial and emotional abuse at the hands of a family member.

The council held many documented concerns about the family member, who had power of attorney for the couple’s finances and welfare.

Please click on the attachments below for a full or easy read version of the report.

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Mr and Mrs D Easy Read Report.pdf	197.38 KB
Powers_of_Attorney_and_their_safeguards.pdf	107.9 KB