The new (2025, 5th) edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now available, and accompanying website has been updated… Read more
Court of Protection Handbook 5th edition – and updated website
Category: Research of interest
Advance choices across jurisdictions – mental health and physical health
In the context of the imminent start of the Public Bill Committee stage of the Mental Health Bill in the… Read more
The MCA and Multiple Exclusion Homelessness – a scoping paper walkthrough
In this video, I do a walkthrough of Approaches to the mental capacity assessment of people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness in… Read more
Mental Health and Justice – project website reborn
Mental Health & Justice was a Wellcome Trust-funded multi-disciplinary research initiative, running between 2017-2023, addressing a cluster of public policy… Read more
Rethinking the UK’s approach to dying: lessons from an end-of-life helpline
The charity Compassion in Dying has published a comprehensive and powerful report based on analysis of calls and emails received… Read more
My heart breaks – solitary confinement in hospital has no therapeutic benefit for people with a learning disability and autistic people
Baroness Sheila Hollins has published her final report as Chairperson of the Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Review (IC(E)TR) programme… Read more
Deprivation of liberty applications relating to children: what is actually happening?
[In an extremely helpful, but depressing, report published on 22 June 2023, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory analysed applications received… Read more
Reforming the Mental Health Act – Approaches to Improve Patient Choice: the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Whilst we wait to learn what the next steps may be in relation to mental health reform in England &… Read more
Legal Professionals wanted for Co-Production research into Accessible Legal Information
It is now well established that there is significant unmet legal need for accessible legal information about common legal problems…. Read more
The future of ageing: ethical considerations for research and innovation – Nuffield Council on Bioethics Report
In a veritable doorstop of a report published today, 25 April 2023, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics sets out its… Read more