With DoLS here to stay for several more years, practitioners need an up to date and comprehensive guide to help them understand the law...

The CQC has recently published its final guidance for care homes, hospitals and hospices on the right to have visitors. A new law has...

This recent report analyses the issues with regards to the current DoLS backlog and the lack of funding. The report includes research...

In a recent Court of Protection case involving a 31 year old woman with autistic spectrum disorder, mild learning disability, emotionally...

A local authority has recently been found at fault by the Ombudsman because: ‘....it did not properly consider whether Mrs Y’s needs...

We are pleased to announce a new edition of our case law sheet. The sheet provides examples of recent case law involving the Mental...

On 8th February, the National Confidential Inquiry into suicide and safety in mental health published its annual report for the year 2021....

Bringing together a number of different statistics, Edge Training has produced a picture of the number of people detained or supervised...

A recent CQC inspection report of Swan House care home highlights the failure to apply the MCA in relation to covert medication and CCTV....

This wall chart created by the authors of the best selling book: Working with the Mental Health Act shows the most commonly used...

A free interactive webinar by the Muslim Doctors Association to help medical professionals (and others) support those participating in...

The Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman has recently produced a detailed analysis of issues surrounding discharge from mental health...

A recent judgment from the Court of Protection considered mental capacity for contact with others. This is a common issue for the court...

A recent judgment from the Court of Protection has highlighted that mental capacity to financial decisions can vary depending on the...

A Local Authority has recently been found at fault for its policy of not assessing people for standard DoLS authorisations who are...

New legislation on the right to visit people in care homes and hospitals comes into force on 6th April. The CQC has been given the legal...