With thanks to Niall Fry of DH for permission to reproduce this, here is a letter sent out to MCA/DOLS leads on 14 January including an … Read More ›
Category: Legislative developments
In a positive flurry of activity, the majority of the secondary legislation (both ‘affirmative’ and ‘negative’) accompanying Part 1 of the Care Act has been … Read More ›
With thanks, as ever, to the eagle-eyed Lucy Series for bringing this to my attention, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has … Read More ›
In a news item that should have made its way into the most recent Newsletter, a group of experienced brain injury specialists formed an email-based interest … Read More ›
With thanks to Niall Fry of the Department of Health for permission to publish this, I reproduce here a letter from him to local authority … Read More ›
[I am very grateful to George Szmukler, Professor of Psychiatry and Society at the Institute of Psychiatry, KCL, for this detailed comment responding to Lucy … Read More ›
The Department of Health is currently consulting on the draft regulations and Guidance to accompany the implementation of Part I of the Care Act 2014 … Read More ›
Introduction I spent a fascinating half day on 3 July attending (and speaking at) a conference organised in Belfast to discuss the civil provisions of … Read More ›
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has now adopted its General Comment on Article 12 (Equal Recognition before the Law). I will … Read More ›
With thanks to Dave Sheppard for bringing this to my attention, the CQC issued (very quietly indeed) guidance on 4 April on the implications of … Read More ›