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4 days ago

Edge Welcomes Back Former Court of Protection Judge, Prof. Anselm Eldergill

We are delighted to announce that former Court of Protection judge, Prof. Anselm Eldergill is returning to Edge Training and Consultancy...

4 days ago

Remote Assessments and the Court of Protection

In minutes from the last Court of Protection User Group, a question about the use of remote mental capacity assessments in the Court of...

5 days ago

£68,000 for failing to follow Section 117 rules

The Ombudsman has recently ordered a Local Authority and ICB to pay over £68,000 to a woman for wrongly charging her for her housing...

Dec 5

103,545 people under DoLS on 31st March 2024

New figures from NHS Digital show that on 31st March 2024 there were 103,545 people under DoLS (urgent or standard). This is an increase...

Dec 3

Mental capacity for discharge from hospital

A recent Ombudsman ruling looked at the discharge of a woman from hospital to a care home rather than to her own home with her husband...

Nov 28

Get Me to Hospital: guidance for people and practitioners

The Department of Health and Social Care (through SCIE) are developing guidance for decision-makers, when a person is refusing hospital...

Nov 21

Autism and Mental Health- A New Resource

A new resource on autism and mental health from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) is now available. The RCP website explains...

Nov 21

DoLS in Hospitals - extra funding released by government

The Department of Health and Social Care has given additional funding for DoLS in hospitals (2024-2025) to local authorities. The full...

Nov 20

Mental capacity to residence and care

A recent Ombudsman ruling was critical of the failure to properly assess the mental capacity of a woman in relation to residence and...

Nov 13

Cuckooing – new toolkit to prevent and disrupt cuckooing

The School of Law at Leeds University has produced a toolkit with a range of resources for health and social care professionals around...

Nov 7

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman ( LGSCO) upholds families complaint about Local Authority Care Act delays

Mr Y lives at home with his family. The LGSCO found that "There was a delay in assessing...Mr Y’s social care needs and Ms X's ( mother...

Oct 22

The role of the AMHP in relation to Nearest Relatives

A recent Ombudsman case has looked at the duty of AMHPs to inform Nearest Relatives of their rights and powers. Download the report from:...

Oct 15

One man, six different care providers in one year and none of them delivered the care required

The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman has just released a case concerning the failure of six different care providers over one...

Oct 11

Mental capacity – dementia – care homes - sexual relations

A recent Court of Protection judgment considered the case of a 79 year old woman with alcohol related amnesia causing severe short term...

Oct 9

Executive functioning and the MCA

A recently published national report on Safeguarding Adults Reviews (534 people died) noted concerns over the failure of health and...

Oct 4

Personal Welfare Deputies

The Court of Protection has recently published a useful case highlighting why and when a personal welfare (rather than financial) deputy...