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Tag Archives: Mental Capacity Act
Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report on the Mental Capacity Act (Ministry of Justice / Department of Health / JCN)
Summary The government, with partners, has considered the recommendations made by the House of Lords. This response report defines a system-wide programme planned for 2014 to 2015 (and beyond) on improving implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Full Text … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Access to Court, Adult Safeguarding, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Assessment of Needs, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Association of Public Authority Deputies (APAD), Awareness and Understanding, Best Interest Assessor (BIA), Best Interests, Care Act 2014, Care and Support Planning, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013, Closing the Gap, Closing the Gap: Priorities for Essential Change in Mental Health, Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, Core Principles (Mental Capacity Act 2005), Court of Protection, Criminal Law, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Elderly Human Rights, Empowerment, England and Wales Court of Appeal, English Local Authorities, European Convention on Human Rights, Five Principles of the Mental Capacity Act, Hard Truths, House of Lords, House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Human Rights, Human Rights Culture, Human Rights in Care Homes, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), Information and Advice, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Powers of Attorney, Least Restrictive Option, Least Restrictive Practice, Legal Aid, Legal Aid: Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), Local Authorities, Local Government Association: LGA, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mediation, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act Steering Group, Mental Capacity Act Training, Mental Capacity Act: Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report, Mental Capacity Advisory Board, Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Act 2007, Ministry of Justice, National Governance, Neglect, Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Office of the Public Guardian, Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), OPG: Office of the Public Guardian, Oversight and Monitoring, Parliament, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Post‐Diagnosis Support, Post‐Diagnosis Support Working Group, Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professional Training and Awareness, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Protecting Vulnerable People, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Relevant Person‘s Representative (RPR), Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Restriction, Restrictive Practices, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Simon Hughes MP, Simon Hughes MP: Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties, Simon Hughes: Ministry of Justice, Transforming Care, Transparency, UK Government Dementia Awareness Campaign, UK Parliament, Unannounced Hospital Inspections, United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR (United Nations 1948), Unwise Decisions, Valuing Every Voice Respecting Every Right, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People, Winterbourne View
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Safeguarding and Housing (SCIE)
Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) recently released a guide on safeguarding for the housing sector. It includes information – and examples from practice – to support local authority social care staff who work with housing sector staff. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Accountability, Action Fraud, Action on Elder Abuse, Adult Safeguarding, Alliance Homes, Ann Craft Trust, Anti-Social Behaviour, Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), Birmingham Social Housing Partnership, Bournville Village Trust, Bradford, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Catalyst Housing Ltd, Circle Housing, Collaborative Working, Community Safety Partnerships, Domestic Abuse, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Elder Abuse, Empowerment, Frontline Housing Staff and Contractors, Gateshead, Government Policy on Adult Safeguarding, HCA: Homes and Communities Agency, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), Housing and Safeguarding, Housing Managers, Housing Providers, Housing Representation on Safeguarding Adults Boards, Housing Safeguarding Agreement, Housing Safeguarding Networks, Independent Age, Information Sharing, Joint Working, Kirklees Council, Lancashire, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority and Social Care, Local Authority Commissioners, Local Authority Social Care Staff, Local Authority Support, Local Partnerships, London Borough of Lewisham, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act, Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPAs), Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs), Multi-Agency Safeguarding, Multi-Agency Working, Neglect, Partnership, Prevention, Private Landlords, Proportionality, Protection, Raising Concerns, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Principles, safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding and Housing, Safeguarding Boards, Safeguarding Principles, Safer Birmingham Partnership, Safer Estates Agreement, SCIE’s Knowledge Base on Safeguarding, SCIE’s Learning Together Initiative, Self-Neglect, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Solihull Adult Safeguarding Team, St Leger Homes (Doncaster), Stockport Council, Support for Carers, Support for Perpetrators of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), Supported Housing, Sutton Housing Partnership, Thurrock Council, Transparency and Accountability, Waltham Forest Housing Association, Women’s Aid, Yorkshire
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Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (BBC News / House of Lords Select Committee)
Summary The House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 has found that safeguards introduced to protect vulnerable patients are not working, and that possibly tens of thousands of vulnerable adults may be being deprived of their … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, ADASS West Midlands Regional DoLS Leads Group, Adult Safeguarding, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Awareness and Understanding, BBC Health News, Best Interest Assessor (BIA), Best Interests, British Association of Social Workers, British Institute of Human Rights, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CIPOLD Study, Confidential Inquiry into the Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities (CIPOLD), Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, Core Principles, Court of Protection, Criminal Law Provisions, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Elderly Human Rights, England and Wales Court of Appeal, English Local Authorities, European Convention on Human Rights, House of Lords, House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Human Rights, Human Rights Culture, Human Rights in Care Homes, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA), Irwin Mitchell LLP, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Powers of Attorney, Least Restrictive Option, Legal Aid, Local Authorities, London Borough of Hillingdon, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mediation, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Act 2007, Neglect, Office of the Public Guardian, Parliament, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Poor Implementation, Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Protecting Vulnerable People, Relevant Person‘s Representative (RPR), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT), Tameside General Hospital, Transparency, UK Parliament, Unannounced Hospital Inspections, United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR (United Nations 1948), Unwise Decisions, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People, Winterbourne View Hospital
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Independent Mental Capacity Service: Sixth Annual Report (Department of Health)
Summary The sixth annual report on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) service provides statistical information on referrals to this statutory advocacy service. The profile of impairment has not changed; the most common impairments for people receiving the IMCA service are: … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accommodation Decisions, Action for Advocacy (A4A), Action for Advocacy’s Quality Performance Mark for Advocacy / IMCA Services, Adult Social Care, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, Advocacy Networks, Care Reviews, Commissioning Arrangements, Commissioning IMCA Services, Court of Protection, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Empowerment Matters CIC, Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Lords MCA Committee, IMCA Instructions by Local Authority, IMCA Reports, IMCAs and Safeguarding, IMCAs as Litigation Friends, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate, Independent Mental Capacity Service, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority Commissioners, Local Authority Commissioners and Providers, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Advocacy, Partnership Working, Post-legislative Scrutiny of the Mental Health Act (2007), Report Writing Evaluation Tool, Safeguarding, Serious Medical Treatment, Serious Medical Treatment (SMT), Serious Medical Treatment Decisions, Social Care
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Independent Mental Capacity Service: Annual Report (Department of Health)
Summary The Mental Capacity Act 2005 created the Independent Mental Capacity Service to empower and safeguard people who do not have the capacity to make decisions. This Act also introduced the legal duty for NHS bodies and local authorities to … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
Tagged Accommodation, Adult Social Care, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, Advocacy Networks, Care Reviews, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Court of Protection, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), IMCA Reports, IMCAs and Safeguarding, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Independent Mental Capacity Service, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Advocacy, Safeguarding, Serious Medical Treatment (SMT), Serious Medical Treatment Decisions, Social Care
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Prevalence of Dementia in Care Home Residents (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary A survey by the Alzheimer’s Society has discovered that more than 320,000 of the 400,000 people living in the 20,000 care homes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have dementia or severe memory problems. This estimate is almost 30% higher than … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse and Infringement of Mental Capacity Legislation, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care: Projections, Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Alzheimer’s Society’s Your handy Guide to Selecting a Care Home, Care Home Comparison Web Sites, Care Home Culture, Care Home Market, Care Homes, Care Homes Public Policy, Care Homes Wellbeing, Choice, Community, Dementia Care in Care Homes, DEMFAM and DEMSTAF, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Demography, Dignity in Care Champions, Home from Home, Human Rights in Care Homes, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, London Borough of Merton, Low Expectations Report, Market Oversight (Care Homes), MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Legislation, PEARL (Positively Enriching And Enhancing Residents’ Lives) Project, Prevalence of Dementia, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Regulation, Residential Care Homes, Social Demographics, Volunteers, Worcestershire Care Home Programme, Worcestershire Dementia Care Training and Development Programme
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