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I’ve written already about the proposed new Liberty Protection Safeguards. These will make life a bit easier for providers, by making it the responsibility of the commissioners of services, or…

There is a crisis in hospitals throughout which is recognised, but the knock-on effects of this are increasingly harmful to our health services. The NHS Scotland information services division publishes…

We have been given some money from the Big Lottery Fund to celebrate the 18th birthday of our charity, My Life My Choice, this year.   We will use the…

Health researchers have in recent years highlighted the fact that inactivity is a major threat to public health. Being inactive increases our risk of developing cardiovascular disease, mental health problems,…

Removal of the duty to notify coroners if someone dies when subject to a DoLS authorisation Many of us are really pleased to learn that the coroner will no longer…

The Law Commission has published its ‘draft Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill’, together with a lucid but long report explaining how they reached their proposals. There are two main themes to…

  Even in this modern era of preventive dental care, dentists often see children with a mouthful of dental cavities. Whilst the initial and often emotive conclusion is that the…

  Activity Planning is a popular topic on our training days. We often have healthy discussions about getting the balance right between large group, small group and 1 to 1…