Yes. We have had some questions recently during training courses about the professional responsibility of BIAs. The DoLS Code of Practice...

The Local Government Association has a guide on Ordinary Residence. The guide is described as follows: This guide is aimed at supporting...

The CQC is regularly looking at the use of CCTV in care homes and finding problems in terms of evidence of residents' consent or...

A special investigation by ITV news following a freedom of information request has found that that it’s costing more than half a billion...

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...