POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 25 FEBRUARY 2021 Reforming the Mental Health Act – all change on the treatment front In this our fourth blog on Reforming the Mental Health Act White Paper, here we look at some of the proposals around treatment... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read Mental health Patient care
POSTED BY JILL MASON | 24 FEBRUARY 2021 Mental capacity, best interests decision making and Covid-19 vaccinations In a new Court of Protection decision, the second on the issue of Covid-19 vaccinations, Mr Justice Hayden returns to the subject to provide a reminder of the importance of upholding a person’s wishes and feelings... Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read
24 FEBRUARY 2021 Paving the way for continued free flow of data between the EU and the UK The European Commission has now published draft data adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK, under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Law Enforcement Directive... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY JILL MASON | 18 FEBRUARY 2021 A reminder: don’t delay processing your deprivation of liberty authorisations A recent case highlights the financial consequences of a local authority failing to process a deprivation of liberty authorisation (DoL) in a timely manner... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY JILL MASON | 17 FEBRUARY 2021 Right care, right innovative technologies: why digital innovation matters in the health and care sector Public Policy Projects in their latest report, State of the Nation: Digitisation and Medical Technologies calls on the Government to place digital innovation at the core of its new reforms published in its White Paper last week... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 17 FEBRUARY 2021 Support for NHS and social care staff: How to check if a Covid-19 patient has an attorney or deputy Since the coronavirus pandemic, the Office of the Public Guardian report that there have been many urgent requests to search the database in respect of people who have lost mental capacity... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY JOG HUNDLE | 15 FEBRUARY 2021 Update: Government acts to disapply public sector exit payments regulations The Treasury has issued a Direction which disapplies the Regulations which introduced a cap on public sector exit payments in November last year... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY JILL MASON | 15 FEBRUARY 2021 An ‘exceptional’ order in the Court of Protection In Re TA (Recording of hearings; Communication with Court office), the Court of Protection recently made an injunction to restrain P’s son, TA, from communicating with the court office by e-mail and telephone... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 Reforming the Mental Health Act, what does it mean for mental health providers, commissioners, and patients? In 2018, the Independent Review of the Mental Health published their final report which included over 150 recommendations to help modernise the Act, address the rising number of detentions and the disparity in use of the Act on people from BAME backgrounds... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY NEIL WARD | 10 FEBRUARY 2021 Don’t delay making your Court of Protection applications In a recent decision, the Court of Protection granted a declaration that it was lawful and in the best interests of a mentally incapacitious person to be given anti-hypertensive medication covertly... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
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