Rights and Abuse

Are you doing enough to prevent harassment in the workplace? From March 2023, employers will need to do more. Steph Wiggans, Solicitor at Napthens explains what it means to you.…

Research has shown LGB patients have specific health needs. They experience higher rates of depression, self-harm and suicide than the general population.  They are more likely to smoke, drink large…

Today is Dignity Action Day. A day aims to ensure people who use care services are treated as individuals and are given choice, control and a sense of purpose in…

This year during Anti-Bullying week from 16-20th November, the anti-bullying alliance will be raising awareness in their anti-bullying campaign ‘United against bullying’, and Monday kicks it off by wearing odd…

Out of Sight: Who Cares? The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published an excellent and much needed review of restrictions and restraint in services for people with learning disabilities or…

CQC launch new guidance to support autism and/or learning disability services. Getting it right Updating their approach to registering autism and learning disability services, CQC has launched Right Support, Right…

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has brought out a useful Quality Standard (QS) on decision-making and mental capacity (QS 194, available here). Each NICE QS identifies…

The liberty protection safeguards (LPS) were scheduled to come into force this October. Providers who have been worried about how to cope, with virtually no preparation and in the middle…