Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’), as enacted in the Human Rights Act 1998, protects the right to life. It has been interpreted as having implications for the way an Inquest is conducted, if it is…
Yesterday’s Queen’s speech confirmed that the government would continue to work to reform the Mental Health Act. Theresa May previously somewhat surprised the sector by confirming a commitment to reform the Act and this new commitment will no doubt build on…
The National Assembly’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee published its report into how section 35 and 36 of the Mental Health Act 1983 are used in practice by police forces in Wales. The Committee heard how police forces in…
The Care Quality Commission has fined Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust £16,250 for failing to comply with the Duty of Candour, in relation to incidents involving medication errors, delays in diagnosis and missed opportunities to investigate a patient’s deteriorating condition. CQC…
The focus of this case is whether the confinement of a young person aged 16-17 years-old, found not to be Gillick1 competent, amounted to a deprivation of his liberty where his parents had consented to such confinement. In a highly significant…
The CQC recently published interim findings about the segregation in mental health wards of young people and people with a learning disability or autism. The report focuses on the care provided to 39 individuals, 16 of whom had been in…
The terms of reference for the two independent inquiries into the CQC’s regulation of Whorlton Hall are published on the CQC website. David Noble QSO is commissioned to undertake an independent review into how it dealt with concerns raised by Barry…
In Re NB [2019] EWCOP17, NB came to live in the UK in 1985 and married her husband (AU) abroad in 1992. The couple have been living together in London since 1997, following periods of separation and living abroad owing…
Following the death of 19-year old Mr Jamie Osborne on 12 February 2016, who was on remand at HMP Lewes, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) prosecuted Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Sussex Partnership) in circumstances which the CQC reported as…
When CQC is proposing to take civil enforcement action without following an urgent process, then they will serve a Notice of Proposal on the registered provider. This notifies the provider of the action that the CQC is proposing. Commonly this is…
