15th November 2022, the Ombudsman found that London Borough of Sutton was at fault for allowing a standard DoLS to expire. The case...

Two recent Ombudsman cases have highlighted the responsibilities of local authorities in relation to medication Buckinghamshire Council A...

Community Treatment Orders (CTO) and the Mental Capacity Act The Court of Protection has recently published an interesting example of...

Detention of people with mental disorder in England - what happens when you bring together two different sets of annual statistics.......

A new report by the CQC looking at the use of Community Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act raises a series of concerns about...

The CQC has recently issued a ‘Learning from safety incident’ in relation to a sexual assault in a care home. It pursued a criminal...

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has produced a useful report on learning lessons from complaints about people’s human...

A large survey of 657 people has found:‘Care homes are still implementing blanket visiting restrictions outside of outbreak situations,...

On 22nd November, the CQC published an inspection for a care home provider. The inadequate rating was partly related to the failure to...

The CQCs annual report on its specialist visits to mental health units is now available. It covers a wide range of issues and states:...

On 15th November, the CQC published an inspection for a domiciliary care provider. The inadequate rating was partly related to the...

A detailed and practical guide to the Mental Health Act for staff working in mental health services. Covering every detention section of...

A recent report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation entitled Anxiety Nation? Economic Insecurity and Mental Distress in Britain in 2020....

Published this year, the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Handbook (2nd Edition) is unique. It provides an up to date, detailed...

Newly released figures from the NHS confirm that the Mental Health Act continues to show high levels of discrimination to black and black...

The Relatives and Residents Association undertook a survey of families evidencing visiting restrictions still being applied after the...