Peter Bates, whose admirable Vile Bodies (free) ebook on self-neglect I cannot recommend highly enough, is after help developing a specific… Read more
Sensory Sensitivity and Hygiene – help wanted
Category: Miscellaneous
MSc Mental Health and Law QMUL
A quick plug for this MSc course being run jointly by the Departments of Law and Psychiatry at Queen Mary… Read more
Powers of attorney, care homes, best interests and deprivation of liberty
I have been asked by a good BIA (you know who you are!) to write something about powers of attorney,… Read more
Court of Protection Handbook second edition – your chance to make a difference
In between our various day jobs, my co-authors and I are setting the wheels in motion to produce a second edition… Read more
Case Management Pilot Draft published
The long-awaited case management pilot has now been published in draft form for comment and consideration before it goes live… Read more
2 years and counting – the MCLAP website journey so far
I cannot quite believe that it is now 2 years since I set up this website, and I thought that it might… Read more
GMC consultation on guidance for doctors on confidentiality – closing 10 February
The GMC is consulting on a replacement to its current Confidentiality guidance, published in 2009. The guidance addresses, inter alia, the… Read more
Deadline coming up fast for submissions to special issue of IJMHCL
A reminder that the deadline for submission to the special edition on deprivation of liberty of the International Journal of Mental Health… Read more
Not strictly mental capacity but a great opportunity
The wonderful London Legal Support Trust are advertising for an Events and Development Executive (a new full time or 4 days… Read more
We’ve come over all pink – the revised 1st edition of the COPH now out!
My fellow authors and I are delighted to announce that a revised first edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is… Read more