Mental Capacity – Page 14 – Care Appointments

Judge approves caesarean section for pregnant woman with learning disabilities

By Brian Farmer11th May 2018News England

A judge has given doctors the go-ahead to perform a caesarean section on a woman who lacks the mental capacity to make decisions about treatment, following a hearing in a

Brothers lose court case for father to ‘pass away at home’ while fed through tube

By Brian Farmer17th April 2018News England

Four brothers who wanted their sick elderly father to be allowed to leave hospital and “naturally pass away” at home after complaining about the way he was being cared for

Report: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Wales – Annual Monitoring Report 2016-17

By Iain MacDonald16th April 2018Reports & Resources

Care Inspectorate Wales and Healthcare Inspectorate Wales have jointly published the 2016-17 monitoring report on for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) across Wales. The Safeguards apply to people over the

Couple with concerns over dementia care of relative in court over disclosure of information

By Brian Farmer28th March 2018News England

A couple who have concerns about the way the care of a relative who suffers from dementia has been managed by health authority bosses are embroiled in a free speech

Doctors allowed to deceive HIV positive mentally-ill woman into taking drugs

By Brian Farmer23rd March 2018News England

A judge has given doctors permission to deceive a mentally-ill woman who is infected with HIV into taking drugs following a hearing in a specialist court. Mr Justice Mostyn has

Man married woman with severe head injury to improve immigration status, judge

By Brian Farmer12th March 2018News England

A man married a woman who had suffered a severe head injury when attacked and raped in a bid to improve his immigration status, a judge has concluded. Mr Justice

Medics can continue feeding severely disabled man in quality of life dispute

By Brian Farmer2nd March 2018News England

Medics have been given the go-ahead to continue feeding a bed-bound man with severe learning disabilities who had been at the centre of a “quality of life” dispute in a

Judge asked to let sick man with severe learning disabilities to ‘die naturally’

By Brian Farmer29th January 2018News England

Relatives want a sick man with severe learning disabilities to be allowed to “die naturally” even though specialists say he is not near the end of his life and should

Judge said medics could stop feeding woman locked in end stage of MS

By Brian Farmer29th January 2018News England

A woman in her late 60s who was “locked into the end stage” of multiple sclerosis died in late 2015 after a Court of Protection judge allowed medics to cease

Chief social worker welcomes initiative supporting people with learning disabilities

By Iain MacDonald23rd November 2017News Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s chief social worker, Sean Holland, has welcomed a new workshop and resource kit to equip people with a learning disability with the skills that they need to make

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Judge approves caesarean section for pregnant woman with learning disabilities

Brothers lose court case for father to ‘pass away at home’ while fed through tube

Couple with concerns over dementia care of relative in court over disclosure of information

Doctors allowed to deceive HIV positive mentally-ill woman into taking drugs

Man married woman with severe head injury to improve immigration status, judge

Medics can continue feeding severely disabled man in quality of life dispute

Judge asked to let sick man with severe learning disabilities to ‘die naturally’

Judge said medics could stop feeding woman locked in end stage of MS

Chief social worker welcomes initiative supporting people with learning disabilities

More than half of councils face insolvency over special needs spending – survey

Man with Down’s syndrome died after care worker ‘landed on him’ in swimming pool

NHS trust fined £1.6 million for ‘catalogue of failures’ that led to deaths of babies

Judge-led inquiry to be held into Nottingham attacks in ‘matter of weeks’, PM announces

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Tag: Mental Capacity

Judge approves caesarean section for pregnant woman with learning disabilities

Brothers lose court case for father to ‘pass away at home’ while fed through tube

Report: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Wales – Annual Monitoring Report 2016-17

Couple with concerns over dementia care of relative in court over disclosure of information

Doctors allowed to deceive HIV positive mentally-ill woman into taking drugs

Man married woman with severe head injury to improve immigration status, judge

Medics can continue feeding severely disabled man in quality of life dispute

Judge asked to let sick man with severe learning disabilities to ‘die naturally’

Judge said medics could stop feeding woman locked in end stage of MS

Chief social worker welcomes initiative supporting people with learning disabilities