Ordinary Residence Guidance
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NEWS PAGE
The Local Government Association has a guide on Ordinary Residence. The guide is described as follows: This guide is aimed at supporting...
- 7 days ago
CCTV in care homes and the Mental Capacity Act
The CQC is regularly looking at the use of CCTV in care homes and finding problems in terms of evidence of residents' consent or...
- 7 days ago
ITV NEWS: Millions spent on keeping adults with learning disabilities locked up.
A special investigation by ITV news following a freedom of information request has found that that it’s costing more than half a billion...
- 7 days ago
‘Best guide to DoLS around’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
With DoLS here to stay for several more years, practitioners need an up to date and comprehensive guide to help them understand the law...
- 7 days ago
The right to visit care homes
The CQC has recently published its final guidance for care homes, hospitals and hospices on the right to have visitors. A new law has...
- Mar 20
Age UK Report: A Hidden Crisis: Older people and deprivation of liberty in care homes
This recent report analyses the issues with regards to the current DoLS backlog and the lack of funding. The report includes research...
- Mar 19
Mental capacity to make decisions about contraception
In a recent Court of Protection case involving a 31 year old woman with autistic spectrum disorder, mild learning disability, emotionally...
- Mar 13
The Care Act and 24-hour care at home?
A local authority has recently been found at fault by the Ombudsman because: ‘....it did not properly consider whether Mrs Y’s needs...
- Mar 12
New Mental Capacity Act case law sheet - March 2024
We are pleased to announce a new edition of our case law sheet. The sheet provides examples of recent case law involving the Mental...
- Mar 11
Suicide and safety in mental health
On 8th February, the National Confidential Inquiry into suicide and safety in mental health published its annual report for the year 2021....
- Mar 7
DoLS and the Mental Health Act in practice
Bringing together a number of different statistics, Edge Training has produced a picture of the number of people detained or supervised...
- Mar 5
Covert medication, CCTV and the Mental Capacity Act
A recent CQC inspection report of Swan House care home highlights the failure to apply the MCA in relation to covert medication and CCTV....
- Mar 5
Mental Health Act wall chart
This wall chart created by the authors of the best selling book: Working with the Mental Health Act shows the most commonly used...
- Feb 29
Muslim Doctors Association- Pre Ramadan FREE Webinar
A free interactive webinar by the Muslim Doctors Association to help medical professionals (and others) support those participating in...
- Feb 27
Discharge from mental health care – Ombudsman report
The Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman has recently produced a detailed analysis of issues surrounding discharge from mental health...
- Feb 19
Contact with others – where the person themselves is a risk
A recent judgment from the Court of Protection considered mental capacity for contact with others. This is a common issue for the court...
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