A new edition of our popular information sheet on the MCA is available. It gives a series of important reasons for using the MCA in...

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s annual review of complaints was published at the end of September. Separate tables...

On 9 September 2021, the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board published a report on the deaths of three patients at a private learning...

Are acute NHS Trusts in England ready to assess, pre-authorise and authorise 30,000 cases a year under the Liberty Protection Safeguards?...

A recently published case looked at whether a young man with a learning disability under DoLS in a care home had mental capacity to a...

Ben King was 32 years old when he died at Jeesal Cawston Park hospital for people with learning disabilities. He was detained under the...

St Erme campus for people with autistic spectrum disorder On 11 August, Barbara Keeley, MP wrote to the Chief Executive of the CQC...

Report title : Better understanding, better outcomes: what we’ve learned about DNACPR decisions before and during the Coronavirus...

The DHSC has published guidance on new rules for people working or deployed in care homes. The rules are statutory and come into force on...

‘For one patient who had three staff observing them, all three staff were seen to be asleep at the same time. We checked written...

The Local Government Association has a new part of its website that looks at health inequalities and is being updated regularly. It...

On 30 July 2021, Social Work England published research based on the reported experiences of AMHPs and BIAs. It provides useful...

We have updated our covid-19 vaccinations case law sheet to include the latest case released on 12 August about a man with a learning...

On 13 July 2021, the House of Commons, Health and Social Care committee produced a report on the treatment of autistic people and people...

The failure to assess mental capacity in people with personality disorder is considered in an article published by the British Journal of...

The DHSC website states: ‘This guidance was withdrawn on 10 August 2021... The care and treatment of people who may lack the relevant...