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Supreme Court judges uphold ruling on mental capacity for sexual consent

By Brian Farmer, Reporter24th November 2021News England

Judges asked to decide whether someone has the mental capacity to engage in sex should assess whether he or she can understand that the other person involved must be able

Relatives of worlds’ ‘most complicated’ Covid patient await life or death appeal ruling

By Brian Farmer, Reporter2nd November 2021News England

Relatives of a grandmother in her 50s left brain-damaged and paralysed from the neck down after contracting Covid-19 are waiting for an appeal ruling after a judge concluded that she

Social services praised after acting to remove vulnerable teenager found ‘covered in urine and faeces’

By Brian Farmer, Reporter7th October 2021News England

A teenager who had been subject to council child protection plans was taken from his mother’s care after social services staff were told that he had not changed his clothes

Couple lost valuable time together after council placed woman in care home against wishes

By Scott Hamilton, Reporter2nd September 2021News England

A couple lost valuable time together after their local authority placed a woman in a care home against her wishes following a hospital stay, the Local Government and Social Care

Legal concerns after hospital patients moved to care homes at height of pandemic

By The Press Association20th May 2021News Scotland

A new report looking into patients being moved from hospitals to care homes in Scotland at the height of the coronavirus pandemic has raised legal concerns – with some going

Dementia sufferer who had long-standing opposition to vaccines should not get jab – judge rules

By Brian Farmer, Reporter30th April 2021News England

An 85-year-old woman who suffers from dementia and is in a care home should not be given a coronavirus vaccine, a judge has ruled. Mr Justice Hayden was told that

Landmark ruling allows care workers to legally facilitate vulnerable client visits with sex workers

By Sam Tobin, Reporter29th April 2021News England

Care workers who help vulnerable people to visit sex workers will not be breaking the law, a senior judge has said. In a landmark ruling, a judge in the Court

Disabled woman who died after gross failure in hospital care ‘starved in front of us’, parents say

By Dave Higgens, Reporter26th April 2021News England

The parents of a young disabled woman have described how she “starved to death” in front of them after she was admitted to hospital for a routine eye operation. Patricia

Neglect contributed to young disabled woman’s hospital death, coroner rules

By Dave Higgens, Reporter26th April 2021News England

Neglect contributed to the death of a young disabled woman who developed malnutrition after going into hospital for a routine eye operation, a coroner has concluded. Doctors’ inadequate management of

Engage: Care Homes – Evidence emerging of inappropriate use of ‘do not attempt CPR’ orders

By Margot Kuylen and Wayne Martin29th March 2021Engage

Imagine that death is just around the corner. How will you spend your final moments? Quietly with loved ones? With a priest giving last rites? Perhaps listening to your favourite

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Supreme Court judges uphold ruling on mental capacity for sexual consent

Relatives of worlds’ ‘most complicated’ Covid patient await life or death appeal ruling

Social services praised after acting to remove vulnerable teenager found ‘covered in urine and faeces’

Couple lost valuable time together after council placed woman in care home against wishes

Legal concerns after hospital patients moved to care homes at height of pandemic

Dementia sufferer who had long-standing opposition to vaccines should not get jab – judge rules

Landmark ruling allows care workers to legally facilitate vulnerable client visits with sex workers

Disabled woman who died after gross failure in hospital care ‘starved in front of us’, parents say

Neglect contributed to young disabled woman’s hospital death, coroner rules

Engage: Care Homes – Evidence emerging of inappropriate use of ‘do not attempt CPR’ orders

England’s hospitals within hours of running out of some PPE items – Matt Hancock

Minister admits ‘unacceptable’ rise in children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb

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Tag: Mental Capacity

Supreme Court judges uphold ruling on mental capacity for sexual consent

Relatives of worlds’ ‘most complicated’ Covid patient await life or death appeal ruling

Social services praised after acting to remove vulnerable teenager found ‘covered in urine and faeces’

Couple lost valuable time together after council placed woman in care home against wishes

Legal concerns after hospital patients moved to care homes at height of pandemic

Dementia sufferer who had long-standing opposition to vaccines should not get jab – judge rules

Landmark ruling allows care workers to legally facilitate vulnerable client visits with sex workers

Disabled woman who died after gross failure in hospital care ‘starved in front of us’, parents say

Neglect contributed to young disabled woman’s hospital death, coroner rules

Engage: Care Homes – Evidence emerging of inappropriate use of ‘do not attempt CPR’ orders