On New Year's Day, the Sunday Times featured the story of 'A', a 24-year-old man with learning disabilities and autism who has been...

Today, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee published a highly critical report on "Readying the NHS and social care for the...

What are the implications for care homes and home care in the UK of the new WHO guidance on masks?  On Friday 5 June 2020, the World...

This piece analyses the UK government's performance against ten policy objectives published by WHO Europe. It seeks to shed light on why...

Submission to the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into the human rights implications of the Government’s response...

The Coronavirus Act 2020 was given royal assent by the Queen on 25 March 2020, and so it is now on our statute books.   The 329-page...

Update 29 March 2020: This post relates to the Coronavirus Bill 2020. For more on the Coronavirus Act 2020, and when the below provisions...

This is a summary of guidance from international human rights bodies in relation to the protection of the rights of people with...

Early this month, I wrote a short piece for Legal Action criticising the need for clarity on the application of the statutory charge in...

Doughty Street Chambers was delighted to host last night's launch of the Network for Community Care Law for Children and Young People.An...

Sir Simon Wessley’s review of the Mental Health Act (MHA) has published its first substantive report.  As Sir Simon points out, the...

In an important determination of wide ranging application, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against...