New figures from NHS Digital show that on 31st March 2024 there were 103,545 people under DoLS (urgent or standard). This is an increase...

A recent Ombudsman ruling looked at the discharge of a woman from hospital to a care home rather than to her own home with her husband...

The Department of Health and Social Care (through SCIE) are developing guidance for decision-makers, when a person is refusing hospital...

A new resource  on autism and mental health from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) is now available. The RCP website explains...

The Department of Health and Social Care has given additional funding for DoLS in hospitals (2024-2025) to local authorities. The full...

A recent Ombudsman ruling was critical of the failure to properly assess the mental capacity of a woman in relation to residence and...

The School of Law at Leeds University has produced a toolkit with a range of resources for health and social care professionals around...

Mr Y lives at home with his family. The LGSCO found that   "There was a delay in assessing...Mr Y’s social care needs and Ms X's ( mother...

A recent Ombudsman case has looked at the duty of AMHPs to inform Nearest Relatives of their rights and powers. Download the report from:...

The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman has just released a case concerning the failure of six different care providers over one...

A recent Court of Protection judgment considered the case of a 79 year old woman with alcohol related amnesia causing severe short term...

A recently published national report on Safeguarding Adults Reviews (534 people died) noted concerns over the failure of health and...

The Court of Protection has recently published a useful case highlighting why and when a personal welfare (rather than financial) deputy...

Research published in the British Journal of Social Work shows that while stress is increasingly a daily part of social workers’ lives –...

A recent Ombudsman report found a council was at fault because: ‘Although the Council assessed Mr D eligible for care services in July...

The law firm Rook Irwin Sweeney have created a free resource  dedicated to template letters and guidance in order to assist parents to...