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Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) and the Mental Capacity Act
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...
Jan 5, 2023
Sexual safety in adult social care services
The CQC has recently issued a ‘Learning from safety incident’ in relation to a sexual assault in a care home. It pursued a criminal...
Dec 21, 2022
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman's Equal Justice report
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has produced a useful report on learning lessons from complaints about people’s human...
Dec 19, 2022
Care home visiting restrictions continue despite government guidance
A large survey of 657 people has found:‘Care homes are still implementing blanket visiting restrictions outside of outbreak situations,...
Dec 15, 2022
Care homes and the Mental Capacity Act
On 22nd November, the CQC published an inspection for a care home provider. The inadequate rating was partly related to the failure to...
Dec 14, 2022
Annual Mental Health Act report (England)
The CQCs annual report on its specialist visits to mental health units is now available. It covers a wide range of issues and states:...
Dec 8, 2022
Domiciliary care and the Mental Capacity Act
On 15th November, the CQC published an inspection for a domiciliary care provider. The inadequate rating was partly related to the...
Dec 7, 2022
Another 5 star review for: Working with the Mental Health Act (4th edition)
A detailed and practical guide to the Mental Health Act for staff working in mental health services. Covering every detention section of...
Dec 6, 2022
Joseph Rowntree Foundation Report- Economic Insecurity and Mental Distress
A recent report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation entitled Anxiety Nation? Economic Insecurity and Mental Distress in Britain in 2020....
Nov 28, 2022
DoLS now and LPS in the future- Two books for the price of one!
Published this year, the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Handbook (2nd Edition) is unique. It provides an up to date, detailed...
Nov 17, 2022
The Mental Health Act – 37 years of discrimination
Newly released figures from the NHS confirm that the Mental Health Act continues to show high levels of discrimination to black and black...
Oct 31, 2022
Care Home Visiting Restrictions- A Survey of Friends and Relatives of Residents
The Relatives and Residents Association undertook a survey of families evidencing visiting restrictions still being applied after the...
Oct 28, 2022
Antipsychotic prescribing in people with dementia
A new resource from the NHS is available on prescribing antipsychotic medication for people with dementia. It will be of particular use...
Oct 24, 2022
The annual CQC report was published today
The annual CQC report was published today. It provides insight to the 33,000 services inspected by the CQC. The report findings include:...
Oct 21, 2022
DoLS statistics - age and ethnicity
A special set of DoLS statistics has been produced by NHS Digital following a request from Edge Training and Consultancy. The figures...
Oct 18, 2022
Equality and Human Rights Commission writes to Edenfield Centre (mental health unit)
Following the Panorama programme about the mistreatment of people at the Edenfield Centre (mental health unit), the Equality and Human...
Oct 11, 2022
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