In its most recent State of Care Report, the CQC has a lengthy and detailed ‘area of concern’ section on DoLS, the key findings being … Read More ›
Month: October 2024
Book Review: Anselm Eldergill, Matthew Evans and Eleanor Sibley, European Court of Human Rights and Mental Health (Bloomsbury, 2024, 1301 pp, paperback / ebook c £150) … Read More ›
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Professor Beverley Clough and Dr Laura Pritchard-Jones about the edited collection that they have recently pulled together on … Read More ›
Whorlton Hall hospital housed patients with longstanding learning disabilities and significant additional psychological and behavioural needs, who required specialist care. Some were detained under s.3 … Read More ›
Leicestershire County Council v P & Anor [2024] EWCOP 53 (T3) is both an interesting and an important decision. It is interesting because it is … Read More ›
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Dr Victoria Bradley, Clinical Lead for and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, … Read More ›
Thinking about assisted dying / assisted suicide (the language, as the Health and Social Care Select Committee of the Westminster Parliament noted in its recent … Read More ›
The Law Commission published its consultation paper on disabled children’s social care on 8 October. I am a consultant to the project. In addition to … Read More ›
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Hillary Chua of the National University of Singapore about a recent article in the Medical Law Review … Read More ›
Book review: Laura Mannering, A Practical Guide to Privacy, Transparency, Reporting Restrictions and Closed Hearings in the Court of Protection (Law Brief Publishing, 2024, 89 … Read More ›