Advocacy can help people get the care and support they need and deserve. That’s never been more important. It’s those who already found it harder to have their voices heard who have suffered most from the coronavirus restrictions we have…
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Visiting care homes during coronavirus A Breakdown of the visiting care homes guidance from 'Mental Capacity Law and Policy' by Alex Ruck Keene Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for people receiving direct payments Coronavirus outbreak FAQs: what you can and can’t do…
The LeDeR Annual report was published last week. People with learning disabilities in England continue to die prematurely and from treatable causes of death, the latest annual report from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme shows. If you haven’t…
The University of Birmingham is undertaking a study to understand the impact of COVID-19 on advocacy arrangements, to enable disabled people to have a voice in their care and to receive support and are seeking participants. Dr Benjamin Costello writes:…
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We’ve heard some examples of people being entered into COVID-19 related clinical trials. There is specific guidance covering situations where people lack the mental capacity to consent to this in The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004, which…
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