04 Jan 2022 Reducing mental health detention of people with autism and/or learning disabilities By Oliver Lewis 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...
29 Jul 2020 "Slow, inconsistent and, at times, negligent" By Oliver Lewis Today, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee published a highly critical report on "Readying the NHS and social care for the...
07 Jun 2020 Masks confusion By Oliver Lewis 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...
01 Jun 2020 The government has failed care home residents By Oliver Lewis This piece analyses the UK government's performance against ten policy objectives published by WHO Europe. It seeks to shed light on why...
21 Apr 2020 The UK Government's guidance on combating coronavirus in care homes is inconsistent with WHO standards By Oliver Lewis Submission to the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into the human rights implications of the Government’s response...
29 Mar 2020 The Coronavirus Act 2020: a (very) brief overview By Mary-Rachel McCabe 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...
22 Mar 2020 The Coronavirus Bill and Adult Social Care By Mary-Rachel McCabe, Jamie Burton Update 29 March 2020: This post relates to the Coronavirus Bill 2020. For more on the Coronavirus Act 2020, and when the below provisions...
21 Mar 2020 Disability, coronavirus and international human rights By Oliver Lewis This is a summary of guidance from international human rights bodies in relation to the protection of the rights of people with...
29 Jun 2018 Care proceedings, HRA damages & the Statutory Charge: New LAA Position Paper By Angela Patrick Early this month, I wrote a short piece for Legal Action criticising the need for clarity on the application of the statutory charge in...
17 May 2018 New Network for Community Care & Child Rights Lawyers Launched By Angela Patrick Doughty Street Chambers was delighted to host last night's launch of the Network for Community Care Law for Children and Young People.An...
01 May 2018 Making the Mental Heath Act work better for everyone? A summary of the interim report. By Sophy Miles Sir Simon Wessley’s review of the Mental Health Act (MHA) has published its first substantive report. As Sir Simon points out, the...
27 Apr 2018 Cap on social care budgets unlawful By Zia Nabi In an important determination of wide ranging application, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against...