With effect from 10 August 2021, the DHSC’s emergency guidance on the MCA and DOLS has been withdrawn. Whilst it still appears on the … Read More ›
Category: COVID-19
As is well known, and for the reasons spelled out here, the Government has decided to move to Step 4 on its COVID-19 roadmap in … Read More ›
The updated guidance on visiting (and visiting out) is now on the DHSC website, and summarised here.
The DHSC’s visiting guidance in relation to care homes (both ‘inward’ and ‘outward’) has been updated to take effect on 17 May 2021. I have … Read More ›
The DHSC MCA/DoLS pandemic guidance has been updated (27 April) to reflect the easing of restrictions in England and Wales. In particular, the guidance has … Read More ›
Publishing its review of the Coronavirus Act one year one and the ‘Steps’ regulations for the next stage of lockdown the DHSC has confirmed that … Read More ›
[Most legal restrictions in England are removed with effect from 19 July 2021. See here for the current picture.] From 29 March 2021, the lockdown … Read More ›
As of 8 March, people across England and Wales have begun to see restrictions start to lift and the government’s four-step roadmap offer a route … Read More ›
Re CR. [2021] EWCOP 19, decided by HHJ Butler differed to the previous two (both decided by Hayden J) because it concerned a much younger … Read More ›
The Essex Autonomy Project wants you (if you are a professional working in or with care homes in England and Wales!) for a survey, which … Read More ›