The DHSC has published the second of its LPS updates on 28 September; it can be found here. It includes a number of important updates, … Read More ›
Month: September 2020
[Updated 16 October to reflect the fact that some of these issues are considered in the DHSC’s updated MCA/DoLS Guidance] and further updated 30 November … Read More ›
The JCHR has today (21 September) published a detailed and extensive report into the human rights implications of the Government’s response to COVID-19, ahead of … Read More ›
In this “in conversation with” Emma Overton, Policy and Practice Development Lead at North East Lincolnshire CCG, we discuss commissioning, joined up thinking, and learning … Read More ›
Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: updated MCA/DoLS guidance, the anorexia Catch-22, and two important cases on … Read More ›
[This post has now been superseded by that published on 14 October addressing the three tiered alert system]. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No.2) (Amendment)(No … Read More ›
A Practical Guide to the Law of Medical Treatment Decisions (Ben Troke, Law Brief Publishing, 2020, c£39.99) Ben Troke, a solicitor and partner at Hill … Read More ›
Following (slightly oddly) the publication of the guidance as to the law, the relevant legislation has now been laid before Parliament to come into effect … Read More ›
The DHSC’s MCA/DoLS guidance has been updated on 7 September, in particular to make clear that remote assessment is not now expected to be the … Read More ›
There have been very few cases concerning the meaning of deprivation of liberty in the context of adults since the immediate flurry of post-Cheshire West … Read More ›
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