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What does Human Rights have to do with Breakfast Time?
September 11, 2017
Human rights aren’t always popular, but they are a way of protecting the things that make life worth living for any of us. It’s thanks to our human rights that…
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Lasting Powers of Attorney: Still A Good Thing
August 25, 2017
I recently heard on the radio a retired judge saying some pretty startling things about Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs), which were then picked up in newspapers. The message seemed…
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Ombudsman’s focus report on the Mental Capacity Act
August 10, 2017
This is my second blog about the Ombudsman’s report, which is called ‘The Right to Decide: towards a greater understanding of mental capacity and deprivation of liberty’. You can find…
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Supporting people to make their own decisions: more than just a slogan?
July 20, 2017
This foundation stone of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is one of the five statutory principles, the one that says we should never decide that people lack capacity to make…
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Staying up late
July 17, 2017
What time do you go to bed? We all long for an early night in theory, but then find ourselves watching telly, reading a book, pottering around the garden, meeting…
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How should we make decisions on someone’s religious practice?
June 28, 2017
A very recent case in the Court of Protection looked at the question of how providers, and commissioners, make decisions about the best interests of a person from a minority…
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10 things not to say to someone with a brain injury
June 21, 2017
The brilliant Headway organisation has produced a short film, highlighting the most annoying things we can say to someone living with a brain injury. It’s about the things people say…
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Hope and Despair
June 9, 2017
Hope: we celebrate excellent practice This has to be my first point. I know how demoralising it is for an empowering provider, working with people and families so creatively, to…
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