Services
Compassionate, in-person assessments delivered by experienced professionals, with clear and reliable reports.
What we offer
Every option includes an in-person assessment by a qualified professional and a clear, signed report. Choose the timescale that fits your situation.
Designed for time-sensitive legal, welfare or safeguarding decisions.
What’s included
A cost-effective option for non-urgent matters, completed to the same high professional standard.
What’s included
For complex cases, specialist requirements or agreed ongoing arrangements.
Suitable for
What’s included
Timescales
Clear timescales from your first email to the signed report, so you can plan around court dates, signings and care decisions.
Custom and complex work is scheduled to a timetable we agree with you.
| Step | Urgent | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| We reply to your enquiry | Same working day | Within 1 working day |
| Assessor allocated | Within 1 working day | Within 2 working days |
| Assessment visit | Within 7 days | Within 21 days |
| Signed report | Within 3 working days of the visit | Within 5 working days of the visit |
For families
Whether it’s making or changing a will, setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney, applying to become a deputy, or deciding about care and where to live, a capacity assessment gives everyone clarity and protects the person at the centre of it.
Every case is different, so we’ll confirm a fixed price before you book.
Request an assessmentFor professionals
Delivered to a consistent standard, with the admin handled for you.
Doctors and psychiatrists for testamentary capacity, Golden Rule attendance and complex or contested cases; registered social workers, nurses, occupational therapists and psychologists for COP3, LPA, residence, care and finance.
Urgent: visit within 7 days, report within 3 working days. Standard: visit within 21 days, report within 5 working days.
Decision-specific, with the Mental Capacity Act two-stage test applied in the order confirmed in JB [2021] UKSC 52, Banks v Goodfellow for wills, and COP3 Part B completed where needed.
Professionally registered, enhanced DBS-checked, with their own professional indemnity insurance and checked for competence in mental capacity work. Reports are quality-assured before release.
One point of contact, fixed quotes, PO numbers honoured, invoice on delivery and 30-day payment terms. Volume arrangements are available for local authorities and organisations.
Decisions we assess
A person can have capacity for some decisions and not others. These are the decisions we’re most often asked to assess.
Other specific decisions can be assessed on request. If you’re not sure which decision applies, tell us what’s happening and we’ll help you work it out.
Quality, compliance & safeguarding
Carebuz operates to a clear set of professional standards, so every assessment is delivered consistently, responsibly and to a high standard.
Assessments are carried out by qualified, vetted professionals with appropriate experience in mental capacity assessment.
Assessments are conducted in person to support accuracy, professionalism and informed decision-making.
Reports are clear, structured and prepared to support legal, financial and personal decisions.
All information is handled professionally and confidentially, in line with UK data protection law.
Further information on our standards and processes is available on request.
Request an assessment
Email us with who the assessment is for, the decision involved, where they live and how urgent it is. We’ll come back to you with a fixed quote, the same day for urgent requests.
