We have updated our covid-19 vaccinations case law sheet to include the latest case released on 12 August about a man with a learning...

On 13 July 2021, the House of Commons, Health and Social Care committee produced a report on the treatment of autistic people and people...

The failure to assess mental capacity in people with personality disorder is considered in an article published by the British Journal of...

The DHSC website states: ‘This guidance was withdrawn on 10 August 2021... The care and treatment of people who may lack the relevant...

The Ministry of Justice is running a consultation (ending on 13th October) on ‘modernising’ LPAs. https://consult.justice.gov.uk/opg/mode...

The College states it is extremely concerned by the use of 'Excited Delirium' and 'Acute Behavioural Disturbance (ABD)' as diagnoses or...

The findings of a national survey of health and social care professionals looking at assessing mental capacity has recently been...

The British Medical Journal (15 July 2021) has published research on the risks of covid-19 hospital admission and death for people with...

15 July 2021, the Health and Care Bill is currently going through Parliament and if it follows a similar journey to the Liberty...

The impact of paranoid (delusional) beliefs on the ability to use or weigh information was part of a recent ruling concerning a man...