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Human Rights
Human rights: how do they work in practice?
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights SpecialistStill confused on how human rights law and how it applies to the way you care for others? Don’t worry,...
LPS and DoLS – How are they different?
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights SpecialistLiberty Protection Safeguards The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) will take over from the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), probably in April...
Beyond Euro 2020
Nikki WalkerLast night our fantastic England football team once again represented us spectacularly. Throughout the championships they have demonstrated the power...
Human Rights Quiz
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights SpecialistDo you know how far should residential's personal freedom be limited? Are you familiar with what rights are protected by...
What is Unconscious Bias
Napthens LLP Employment Law SpecialistsOur human brains are programmed to survive and, as such, we are constantly assessing risks around us. The assessments we...
Care homes, Coronavirus, and Human Rights
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights SpecialistThe phony war is over. After the weeks of ‘what should we do if this disease gets close to home?’,...
The risks of a ‘closed culture’
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights SpecialistIn recent internal guidance, CQC inspectors have been told to operate a ‘low threshold for deciding to carry out a...
Human Rights in Practice
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights Specialist‘I’m drowning in a great soup of law!” This is how a care home manager put it to me, when I...
Managing Risk When Someone Might Lack Capacity
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights SpecialistIt’s a real puzzle when someone who lacks capacity to understand risk is nonetheless determined to do something where you...
Making Visits Matter
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights SpecialistI do like the title of this recently published report into home care, based on a UNISON survey of 1,000...
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