As of 1st April 2022, new Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) will be in force. Many people in the UK who lack the mental capacity to consent to care experience deprivation of liberty. This enables care for those with dementia, autism, learning disabilities, etc. Significant court cases were a major factor in changing the Deprivation...
The Government published its long-term plan for the NHS this week. We’ve looked at what it means for mandatory, clinical and specialist training for the next decade: Focus on mental health There has been a huge emphasis on mental health in the media and in politics in recent times, and this has carried...
The head of NHS England has signalled that there is no intention of ending plans to more closely link the British health and social care systems. A report from the National Audit Office earlier this year suggested that health and social care integration was not being carried out effectively enough to deliver the desired...