New White Paper supports faster Mental Health Act discharge, and better LD/autism care
Least restriction and supporting people to be discharged from Mental Health Act detentions are principles at the heart of a proposed revamp…
Least restriction and supporting people to be discharged from Mental Health Act detentions are principles at the heart of a proposed revamp…
Care home providers should spend the next year and a half preparing and training senior staff and managers for the Liberty Protection…
The Department of Health and Social Care has issued guidance setting out how Local Authorities can use the new Care Act easements,…
The DHSC has confirmed its intention to implement the new Liberty Protection Safeguards system on Thursday 1 October 2020. Implementation is subject…
The very slow-motion game of Parliamentary ping-pong in the final stages of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill continues, says capacity legal specialist…
There have been several serious accidents, and at least one fatality, over the past few years involving opening the landing doors on…
Care minister Caroline Dinenage has announced plans to introduce a code of practice for mental capacity assessments in an effort to appease…
Illegal processing of sensitive data, in particular large amounts of health data, carries a high risk of enforcement action under the General…
The number of whistle-blower reports received by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about potential data breaches at businesses has increased 165 per…
Care home managers with views on the ‘son of DoLS’ Mental Capacity (Amendment) [Lords] Bill are invited to submit written comments to…