Nov 07, 2022 Tony Hickmott goes home By Oliver Lewis A loving family fighting his corner, scrutiny of the media and supervision by the Court of Protection have created the possibility of...
Jan 04, 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...
Jan 05, 2021 Visiting care home residents - the rules By Oliver Lewis This blog summarises care home visiting rules across the UK’s four nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was...
Sep 25, 2020 International human rights bodies, disability and Covid-19 By Oliver Lewis I have written an article in the European Human Rights Law Review on "Supranational human rights bodies and protecting the rights of...
Sep 23, 2020 Covid-19 deaths of care home residents: what does justice look like? By Oliver Lewis On Monday 21 September 2020, Doughty Street Chambers hosted a webinar on “Covid-19 deaths of care home residents: what does justice look...
Sep 23, 2020 We need a public inquiry into Cygnet’s 'Yew Trees' scandal By Oliver Lewis Trigger warning: descriptions of violence and abuse. Today the Care Quality Commission has published a report into abuse at Cygnet Yew...
Jul 29, 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...
Jun 24, 2020 Children’s right to live in the community By Oliver Lewis The Lancet has today published a set of papers on institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children. They will receive a...