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 ›
Month: September 2020
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 ›
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No.2) (Amendment)(No 4) Regulations, which came into force on 14 September, change, yet again, the legal framework governing what people … 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 ›
In this “in conversation with,” I ask George Smuzkler, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Society at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, about the … Read More ›
The three UN bodies that deal with disability rights have teamed up to issue the first-ever guidelines to help countries implement existing obligations to ensure … Read More ›