Monday, 25 January 2021

The meanings of "personally seen" and "personally examined": recent Case Law

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  Devon Partnership NHS Trust v SSHC [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin) , published on 22nd January 2021 is a piece of case law that provides an import...
Monday, 18 January 2021

Reforming the Mental Health Act White Paper (13.01.21.)

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  The long awaited response to the Wessely Mental Health Act Review published in December 2018 was released on 13th January 2021 . There...
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Monday, 11 January 2021

Reminiscences of an out-of-hours social worker #3: Sean and the Travelers

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  As well as my full time job as a social worker, between 1983 and 1997 I also worked one or two shifts a week on the out-of-hours standby d...
Monday, 4 January 2021

Section 5: Hospital Holding Powers

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  Latest YouTube Video! Section 5 of the MHA is all about hospital holding powers for people who are already hospital inpatients, whether in...
Monday, 28 December 2020

It’s 1976, and I begin work as a social worker: #2 in a series

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  One Monday morning in the early autumn of 1976 I turned up for work at Charwood Social Services Department, along with 3 other people who ...
Monday, 21 December 2020

Section 4: for emergency use only

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  I’ve looked at section 2 and section 3 of the Mental Health Act on this channel, so I’m now going to look at section 4, which is the other...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Reminiscences of an out-of-hours social worker #2: Sam & Stuart

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  Between 1983 and 1997 I worked shifts on the out-of-hours standby duty team, as it was the only way for a social worker to earn extra mone...