With the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) unlikely to start until April 2024, health and social care staff need detailed, practical...

New guidance was published on 30th May 2022 setting out the principles and processes of the national framework for NHS continuing...

An updated version of the Draft Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice was published 1 June 2022. Details of the updates and the new...

On 1st April 2022, the Care Home Visiting Guidance for England was withdrawn. The relevant guidance is now called: COVID-19 supplement to...

It includes information on the using the Mental Capacity Act, including: ‘If there is a reason to believe a person may lack the mental...

On 14 April, the 2022 annual National Confidential Inquiry report into suicide was released. It notes: ‘Established risk factors for...

Billy Longshaw: Report to prevent future deaths Billy died aged 22, he had significant learning disabilities. He was taken to A&E...

A recently published Safeguarding Adults Review has highlighted the issue of executive functioning and the Mental Capacity Act. The...

A man with learning disabilities has received a six-figure settlement (£200,000) after being unlawfully detained in a care home for more...

The Health and Care Bill is nearly at the end of its Parliamentary journey and only a few minor changes would be expected at this stage....

A new edition (April) of our Covid-19 vaccination case law sheet is now available. Three new cases were published in March involving...

New guidance on Section 117 of the Mental Health Act has been published (April) from the two Ombudsmen bodies who deal with complaints...

Emily Caldicott: Report to prevent future deaths Emily had emotionally unstable personality disorder and was a voluntary patient in a...

On 22 March 2022, the annual DoLS report for Wales was published. There were 6,111 DoLS applications received by health boards and 9,120...

On the 1st April 2022, the Care Home Visiting Guidance for England was withdrawn. The information in that guidance has now been...

An inquest is being held into the death of a man named as John Warren, that was judged to lack the mental capacity to consent to a...