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Professionals need to know that there will be serious repercussions for failures to carry out their legal duties under the Mental Capacity Act
The House of Lords committee established to scrutinise how the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is working in practice outlined in its report published today that due to poor implementation it was failing the vulnerable people that it was designed to protect.
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The Health Committees findings on the GMC are in contradiction to those of people with a learning disability, their family members or carers
The Health Committee’s annual review of the General Medical Council (GMC) will be released today.
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Charities call for urgent review of decisions to keep vulnerable people institutionalised
Yesterday, NHS England published the first set of quarterly data prompted by the Winterbourne View Concordat aimed at getting better care for people with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges.
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Professionals need to know that there will be serious repercussions for failures to carry out their legal duties under the Mental Capacity Act
The House of Lords committee, established to scrutinise how the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is working in practice, outlined in its report published today that due to poor implementation it was failing the vulnerable people that it was designed to protect.
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Death of a young woman with a learning disability prompts call for Independent Inquiry
Charities call on Department of Health for independent inquiry into any death of a person with a learning disability in an inpatient unit.
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Charities continue fight for justice as young man dies in NHS care
The death of 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk on 4 July 2013 was preventable, according to the publication of an independent inquiry into his death, published yesterday by Verita*.
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Spokeswoman with a learning disability highlights importance of social care for those who need it most
Yesterday, Mencap spokeswoman Lorraine Bellamy told the All Party Parliamentary Group on Health and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability about how she struggled to live independently before she was able to get social care at home
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Response to Monitoring the Mental Health Act 2012/13 report
Jan Tregelles, chief executive of Mencap and Vivien Cooper, chief executive of The Challenging Behaviour Foundation, respond to the CQC’s Monitoring the Mental Health Act 2012/13 report.
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The closure of two short breaks centres in Cornwall may push family carers to breaking point
8 out of 10 family carers feel exhausted, isolated and even suicidal due to local council cuts to short break services across the country, a report from Mencap has found.
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Disability Charities Consortium responds to Government paper on Disability Employment Strategy
Today the Government published ‘The disability and health employment strategy: the discussion so far’.
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Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation comment on the lack of progress since Winterbourne View
Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation comment on The Learning Disability Census, and Winterbourne View: Transforming Care – One Year On, which were announced today (13 December 2013)
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Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation comment on the lack of progress since Winterbourne View
Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation comment on The Learning Disability Census, and Winterbourne View: Transforming Care – One Year On, which were announced today.
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