Blog

The Court of Protection rules are being updated.

At the end of last month, it was announced that building of the new young person’s mental health unit will begin in Spring 2018, with a completion date of April 2019.

A High Court Judge gave an urgent ruling this summer to allow doctors to treat a 14 year old girl following an overdose, despite her refusal to consent.

Significance of Care Coordinators in decisions surrounding people under the Mental Health Act.

A local authority has agreed to pay £10,000.00 for failing to provide sexual education to a man following the recommendation of a psychiatrist that doing so could assist the man to achieve the necessary capacity to consult to sexual relationships.

This blog looks at how ethical is the regime of Community Treatment Orders and can it really be said to be compatible with fundamental Human Rights?

A short explanatory blog looking at what it means to have or lack capacity to make a decision.

A new Supreme Court ruling given on Wednesday 25th July in relation to Employment Tribunal Fees

​An investigation by the British Medical Association (‘BMA’) they discovered that there is a rise in the number of adult mental health patients placed in out-of-area beds.

The LGO has published a report looking at the common issues it sees when a council or care provider is involved with a person who lacks mental capacity.