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On the 1st April 2022, the Care Home Visiting Guidance for England was withdrawn.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...

The government confirmed recently that LPS will be considerably delayed beyond the last scheduled date. Looking at the timetable (see...

World Social Work Day is a celebration that aims to highlight the achievements of social work, to raise the visibility of social services...

A free conference is being held online tomorrow, 9th March. It is has been organised by Mind and Race on The Agenda (ROTA). The...

The National Institute for Health Research's Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit are looking for people who have discussed...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) is a cross party group made up of MPs and Peers with an interest in dementia. The...

The annual monitoring report on the operation of the Mental Health Act in England is now available from the Care Quality Commission. It...

New research published on 9th February highlights the significant variations in the proper application of the Mental Capacity Act during...

On 31 January 2022, the annual Safeguarding report from the NHS was published. It states: ‘What we’ve learned this year is that now, more...

Law firm Rook Irwin Sweeney welcome applications to their Education, Health and Care (EHC) Social Justice Fund from people that are in...

A government consultation on reforming the Human Rights Act 1988 is currently open until 8 March. We would urge everyone to respond. To...

Adding to a growing number of Coroners reports highlighting the deadly impact of the failure to assess mental capacity by health services...