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Continuing the shedinar series’ attempts to bring light to bear on aspects of the MCA which people do not necessarily… Read more

The DHSC has published the second of its LPS updates on 28 September; it can be found here.   It includes… Read more

[This post has been superseded] The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 and set out a series of draconian… Read more

The JCHR has today (21 September) published a detailed and extensive report into the human rights implications of the Government’s… Read more

In this “in conversation with” Emma Overton, Policy and Practice Development Lead at North East Lincolnshire CCG, we discuss commissioning,… Read more

Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: updated MCA/DoLS guidance, the anorexia Catch-22,… Read more

A Practical Guide to the Law of Medical Treatment Decisions (Ben Troke, Law Brief Publishing, 2020, c£39.99) Ben Troke, a… Read more

Following (slightly oddly) the publication of the guidance as to the law, the relevant legislation has now been laid before… Read more

There have been very few cases concerning the meaning of deprivation of liberty in the context of adults since the… Read more

In this “in conversation with,” I ask George Smuzkler, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Society at the Institute of Psychiatry,… Read more