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Money Marketing (28/01/2025) - Barerock enhances vulnerability support for advice firms
BareRock adds Comentis to Risk Mitigation panel


Motor Finance Online (18/09/24) - Automotive firms failing to identify vulnerable customers: Comentis
The duty of care assessment company, Comentis , has released data showing a significant gap between the number of vulnerable customers...

Money Marketing (19/11/24) - Advise Wise streamlines support for vulnerable clients
Advise Wise launches Comentis integration for all users
Latest Articles

The challenge of recording and reporting on financial vulnerabilities
We have covered at length the different types of vulnerabilities and the challenges in identifying them, but one question we frequently...

5 top things to do once you have identified a vulnerable customer
So, you’ve identified a circumstance that you think might be making your client vulnerable. What do you do now? Here are 5 top tips for...

How is vulnerable customer identification faring in the Consumer Finance sector?
We’re six months in from the FCA’s Consumer Duty regulations coming into force, and whilst we are starting to see some great traction in...

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know
For those of you that are aware of the knowledge quadrant, you will be familiar with the phrase ‘You don’t know, what you don’t know’. If...

How do I know if it’s an unwise mental capacity decision?
This is a question we come across a lot in both the acute and community setting. So, first things first, what do we mean by an unwise...

Five common mistakes made by Mental Capacity Assessors
In my experience as quality monitoring team leader, having reviewed and supported over 500 mental capacity assessments for many different...

Resilience and Mental Capacity
It's a well-known fact that resilience and mental health are closely connected. Good resilience helps promote good mental health and poor...

What does 'Mental Health' mean?
‘Mental Health’ is one of those phrases that has become common place and thankfully is something that society in general is now more...

Top 5 challenges faced by clinical staff in identifying capacity issues in their patients
As we know, the Mental Capacity Act (2005) provided us with a theoretical framework for the assessment of mental capacity. However,...

Top 10 Tips for Reducing your Patients' Stress during a Mental Capacity Assessment
Having your mental capacity assessed can be an intimidating experience, no matter who you are. Even if you know why an assessment is...
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