Code of Practice Review

I missed something last year, probably because I’d changed roles and I’m not focussing on this stuff as before. In 2019, the Care Quality Commission reported some findings after a review of the implementation of the Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983. Those who have followed this blog since the start will […]

Musings on the MCA

The Mental Capacity Act continues to consume a number of the queries I receive. The point of this post is not to repeat the content of those I’ve already written, but to highlight the main problems which end up my focus as the questions keep coming. You can read previous posts I’ve written in the […]

Assisting on a Voluntary Basis

This post comes at the direct request of a mental health professional, touching on matters I’ve written about before but which keep coming up, somewhat resistantly – it follows an incident where officers local to them came to an Emergency Department with a person in handcuffs for NHS assessment around their mental health and where […]