This shedinar, recorded in December 2021, seeks to set out the key messages about the application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 under the pressures … Read More ›
Category: COVID-19
With effect from 10 August 2021, the DHSC’s emergency guidance on the MCA and DOLS has been withdrawn.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 ›
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 ›
An article I co-wrote (the lead author being Dr Margot Kuylen), has now been published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, reporting upon a deliberative … Read More ›
[This post has now been superseded by this one, reflecting the changes from 19 July 2021] The DHSC’s guidance for care homes and for visitors … Read More ›
The (surprisingly) small body of reported cases relating to COVID-19 (representing the tip of a rather larger iceberg) has been added to in NG v Hertfordshire … Read More ›
A project that I worked on over the summer involving Kings College London and Ipsos MORI has just published its report, examining public attitudes to … Read More ›
Welcome to the October 2020 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: updated DHSC MCA/DoLS … Read More ›