Like the previous poster, I'm absolutely appalled at your flagrant abuse of both the law and professional ethical standards. Alot of the posters here think you're a "hero". I'm not one of them. You and others think that the patient wasn't able to make his own decision. This may well be the case. To be competent under the Mental Capacity Act you have:- # to understand the information relevant to the decision or # to retain that information, or # to use or weigh that information as part of the process of making the decision or # to communicate the decision It may well be that your patient didn't meet one of those criteria (often, in my experience, the ability to use the information given). In that case, yes, take them to hospital. What you should never, ever, do is lie to a patient to force your agenda onto them. The Mental Capacity Act makes it very clear that patients are allowed to make decisions which seem unwise, or even ludicrous, to those treating them. If they are truly incompetent, then yes act without their consent, but do not, do not, do NOT lie to them in order to get your own way. Your post suggests not a caring or empathetic viewpoint, or even a desire to help your patient, but a desire to show off that you saved a life, with no regard to the consequences. Who the hell made you the arbiter of what's right? Your actions suggest a bullying, completely unprofessional attitude, and as I'm sure you probably know you also broke the law. Saving life is good, but it's not the be all and end all that you think it is. You may think you did good, but I assure you that you absolutely did not. You deserve to lose your job.