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

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

Research published in the British Journal of Social Work shows that while stress is increasingly a daily part of social workers’ lives –...

A recent Ombudsman report found a council was at fault because: ‘Although the Council assessed Mr D eligible for care services in July...

The law firm Rook Irwin Sweeney have created a free resource  dedicated to template letters and guidance in order to assist parents to...

In a recently published case, a judge questioned the delay by an NHS Trust in bringing a case to court promptly. Unfortunately, this is a...

A recent Ombudsman report found a council was at fault for charging a woman a contribution to her residential care costs for 19 years...

A recent Ombudsman report has highlighted the need to provide robust evidence for changes to care packages made following a Care Act...

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

The case was about two black candidates that applied for an internal position. Neither of them were offered the positions following...

Updated guidance on the management of acute respiratory infection outbreaks in care homes was published on 24 July 2024. The guidance...

The Edge team have been horrified by the violent riots driven by racism and Islamophobia in recent days and hope all readers of our...

Last month, the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS)  launched a new Code of Conduct  with the aim of eradicating sexual misconduct in...

The latest figures from the Court of Protection on community DoL applications have now been included in our ‘snap shot’ chart showing the...

The latest figures from the Court of Protection show that there were 6,210 applications for deprivation of liberty orders during the year...

More than 57,000 new and expectant mums have received specialist support for mental health problems over the last year, up a third on...