A government memorandum dated 4 July for the JCHR has just been published on issues in relation to the Mental… Read more
Month: October 2018
GMC consent guidance consultation
The GMC is consulting on revised consent guidance, which outlines what doctors should consider when discussing treatment and care with patients. According to… Read more
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – the Joint Committee on Human Rights reports
[The joint (Commons and Lords) Committee on Human Rights published on 26 October its report on the MCAB. It repays… Read more
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – highlights from final day of Lords Committee stage
The third and final day of Committee stage before the House of Lords took place yesterday, 22 October. The transcript… Read more
39 Essex Chambers October Mental Capacity Report
This will shortly be circulated to those on the mailing list but by way of preview, highlights this month include: (1)… Read more
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – highlights from day 2 of Lords Committee stage
The second day of Committee stage before the House of Lords took place yesterday, 15 October. The transcript can be… Read more
Mental Health Tribunal rule changes abandoned
The minutes of the Tribunal Procedure Committee in July have just been published and show that controversial proposed rule changes… Read more
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – more Government documents
The annexes have now appeared on the Bill documents page to the letter sent by Lord O’Shaughnessy on 24 July… Read more
The NICE guideline on decision-making and mental capacity: very good try but only two thirds of a banana
To some extent, those responsible for pulling together the NICE guideline (NG 108) on decision-making and mental capacity published on… Read more
New guidance for anaesthetists (and others) about Jehovah’s Witnesses and patients who refuse blood
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland have just (1 October) published guidance on anaesthesia and peri-operative care… Read more