The MHA and its Code of Practice applies to all providers registered with CQC to assess and treat patients who are detained under the Act. The CQC is responsible for reviewing and monitoring how you as an organisation apply the Act when providing services if this is one of your organisation’s registered activities. If the CQC identify concerns in respect of the use of the MHA, this may trigger further inspection or monitoring activity...

For healthcare professionals, a referral to your regulator can cause a significant amount of stress and anxiety, with permanent erasure a possibility in the most serious of cases. The impact of a referral is often compounded by the protracted nature of these proceedings, with practitioners often waiting...

In recent months, menstrual and menopausal health has been increasingly discussed in parliament, in the mainstream media, and on social media. This increased visibility has already led...

In May the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released data showing that the number of people who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness has reached over 2.5 million...

Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, whilst recently speaking at the British Chambers of Commerce’s Global Annual Conference 2023, commented that the "default" location for workers should be in the office unless there is a “good reason to work from home”.

A recent poll commissioned in March 2023 found that 33% of British workers do not believe that their organisation is effective at managing work-related stress. As a result, ACAS have published new advice for employers on how to recognise the signs of stress, help manage it and create an environment at work where staff can openly discuss it...

Since July 2022, all NHS Trusts providing acute and mental health services have been required to join a “provider collaborative” (PCs). Wider NHS services such as community and ambulance trusts...

Welcome to the latest edition of our Court of Protection newsletter. With a short hiatus over the many but very welcome holidays since our last newsletter, we are back with a roundup of cases to the end of December 2022...

Without the physical space from which to deliver services, the ideal of integration that Provider Collaboratives are tasked (amongst others) with achieving, remains a concept. Not only this, but buildings are one of the most significant liabilities within the healthcare system and one of the most important elements of the NHS achieving NetZero by 2045, so why is real estate so often the elephant in the room when it comes to discussing the integration of services...

The recent decision of D v S [2023] EWCOP 8 / [2023] EWFC 23 has provided a welcome opportunity for consideration of whether a divorce can be pursued in an individual’s best interests. Joanna Crichton, Legal Director in our Healthcare and Public Law team, represented D’s litigation friend in the Court of Protection proceedings whilst Sarah McCarthy, Senior Chartered Legal Executive in our Family Team represented D’s litigation friend in the Divorce proceedings...

The Ministry of Justice has just released the proposed draft changes to the Civil Procedure Rules set out below. The final version will be published in late May. This article concentrates on the application of these changes to personal injury claims...

Here is the round-up of the key Court of Protection cases from this quarter (September to December 2022), in which we believe our readers will be most interested. Please follow the link within the case summary to access the full judgment. Contact our team to discuss any particular case in more detail...