Thursday, 22 October 2015

Origins 8: My First Caseload: Margaret and her Cats

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This post contains lots of cats. But not in a good way Part 8 in an occasional series about my early years as a social worker in the 197...
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Friday, 2 October 2015

No Happy Endings: Stories from an Out-of-Hours Social Worker

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There’s been quite a lot of discussion lately about the nature of social work and the social work task, and this has got me thinking abo...
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Monday, 28 September 2015

Book Review: Independent Mental Health Advocacy, Karen Newbigging et al

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The role of the Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) was created by the 2007 amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983. The role is ...
Thursday, 6 August 2015

How long can a patient living and receiving treatment outside hospital be considered to be “liable to be detained in a hospital for treatment”? Recent case law

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A recent appeal to the Upper Tribunal has raised some interesting issues relating to the legal concepts of “treatment in hospital” and “...
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Thursday, 30 July 2015

Law Commission Publishes Consultation Paper on Mental Capacity & DoLS

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On 7 th July 2015, the Law Commission released its long awaited consultation paper on mental capacity and deprivation of liberty . It m...
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Sunday, 5 July 2015

Important Guidance from The College of Social Work on the Impact of Cheshire West on AMHP Practice

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The College of Social Work has just issued The Impact on AMHP Practice and Service Delivery by The Supreme Court Judgment on Deprivatio...
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Saturday, 27 June 2015

Who Should Write a Mental Health Tribunal Social Circumstances Report? Recent Case Law

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This is a question that has exercised minds in the Masked AMHP’s Facebook Mental Health Forum recently. There have been a range of answe...
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