The Mental Health Alliance, a coalition of over 75 organisations united by a common interest in a fair Mental Health… Read more
Mental Health Act Survey
Category: Miscellaneous
Advance Decisions to Refuse Life-Sustaining Treatment and the Court of Protection
Introduction Two recent press stories have – whether deliberately or not – cast very unhelpful doubt upon the status of… Read more
#ImWithSam Autism and Learning Disability Hate Crime campaign
The admirable learning disability and autism organisation Dimensions has recently launched a new campaign called #ImWithSam to raise awareness of,… Read more
Inaugural issue International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law now published
Hot off the press, the inaugural issue of the IJMJCL – the spiritual successor to the late lamented Journal of… Read more
LGA MCA/DOLS resources
The Local Government Association MCA/DOLS resources page has been updated recently to include a number of very useful guides, including:… Read more
Shining a Light Behind Closed Doors
Eleanore Fritze, a deeply impressive lawyer from Victoria in Australia, has written a fascinating, and compelling, report entitled “Shining a… Read more
Disability Rights UK – events to feed into shadow CPRD report
Disability Rights UK will be writing a shadow report for England and Wales – and for GB – to inform… Read more
CQC Experts by Experience vacancies in Greater London and South
Today is my day for recruitment – this time for assisting finding Experts by Experience for CQC inspections in the… Read more
Three lawyer positions at the Official Solicitor’s office
Three lawyer vacancies at the OS are currently being advertised, with a closing date of 21 September 2016. There are two posts… Read more
Sensory Sensitivity and Hygiene – help wanted
Peter Bates, whose admirable Vile Bodies (free) ebook on self-neglect I cannot recommend highly enough, is after help developing a specific… Read more