Oliver Lewis

This blog summarises care home visiting rules across the UK’s four nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

It was...

I have written an article in the European Human Rights Law Review on "Supranational human rights bodies and protecting the rights of...

On Monday 21 September 2020, Doughty Street Chambers hosted a webinar on “Covid-19 deaths of care home residents: what does justice look...

Trigger warning: descriptions of violence and abuse.

Today the Care Quality Commission has published a report into abuse at Cygnet Yew...

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

The Lancet has today published a set of papers on institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children. They will receive a...

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...