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Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Assessors, Consent and the Mental Capacity Act- A new course by Edge
Following the recent government announcement that the Liberty Protection Safeguards will no longer go ahead in 'this Parliament', it is...
Apr 17, 2023


Supreme Court to Decide on Section 117 Mental Health Act and Ordinary Residence.
For those interested in the next instalment of the long running case of R (on the application of Worcestershire County Council)...
Apr 14, 2023


Bipolar and Beyond- Free Conference Recording
Watch the recording of Bipolar UK's 2023 Conference. This conference was held on 30th March and included a large range of speakers,...
Apr 3, 2023


English councils spent £480m on ‘inadequate’ care homes in four years
This article in the Guardian newspaper has expressed concerns about the number of people that are in "inadequate' homes. The...
Mar 28, 2023


BIA Assessments (DoLS Form 3) and CQC Ratings
During BIA training courses, we sometimes refer to CQC ratings and suggest that BIAs should identify and record this rating in their Form...
Mar 28, 2023


Experiences of adults from a Black ethnic background detained as inpatients under the MHA
People from a Black ethnic (BE) background in England and Wales are disproportionately detained as inpatients under the United Kingdom's...
Mar 21, 2023


Facts About Refugees and Seeking Asylum
Sometimes, during Edge training courses a question may arise about a person that is seeking asylum or has been granted refugee status....
Mar 14, 2023


Secure Contracts (Wales) and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
If you have issued new Secure Contracts following the introduction of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, it is important that the former...
Mar 8, 2023


Deprivation of liberty and children
In March last year Mr Justice MacDonald ruled on a case involving a 14 year old girl with Autistic Spectrum Disorder who was deprived of...
Feb 27, 2023


Ramadan and Diabetes
There are a number of FREE upcoming courses on the management of diabetes through Ramadan for patients, carers and professionals. IN...
Feb 23, 2023


Safe and Wellbeing Reviews: Thematic Review and Lessons Learned
On 21st February, the government published its report entitled Safe and Wellbeing Reviews: Thematic Review and Lessons Learned. The...
Feb 22, 2023


General Medical Council (GMC)- How we Approach Fairness and Bias- Actions for 2023
In order to produce this report, the GMC spoke to over 40 GMC and Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) staff and 900 additional...
Feb 20, 2023


The Mental Health Tribunal First Edition by Neil Hickman & Christine Hutchison
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Feb 10, 2023


CONSENT, CONFIDENTIALITY & INFORMATION SHARING IN MENTAL HEALTHCARE & SUICIDE PREVENTION
A useful new guide funded by the DHSC is now available. It states: ‘Consent, confidentiality and the sharing of information, both between...
Feb 10, 2023


Consent and Health Screenings- Easy Read Guides
If you support someone that may need an easy read guide to health screenings, this collection of books by Beyond Words may be very...
Feb 8, 2023


DoLS - the right to see family and friends
The issue of restrictions on seeing family and friends for people living in care homes continues. BIAs assessing people for DoLS need to...
Jan 23, 2023
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