This blog contains information on policing, mental health and criminal justice. Key thematic areas include: Tactical Advisors on mental health; quick guides – a series of legal and practical summaries for operational police officers about the most important scenarios that emerge under the mental health and capacity acts; policing and crime act series; paramedic series; and a series of posts written with non-police officers in mind providing guidance to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

CDC’s case law digest service provides essential updates on the latest judicial decisions affecting disabled children and young people and those with SEN.

This website provides information about all aspects of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 including the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Note the website has not been updated since 2009 so should be used with caution.

Books Beyond Words use pictures to tell stories that engage and empower people, on themes such as love and relationships, health, death and dying, and crime. They are also a tool for professionals to use with people in many different teaching and counselling situations.

Project status, summary of findings and links to output relating to a review of the Mental Capacity Act and the DoLS. The Law Commission consultation paper was published on 7 July 2015. It contained provisional proposals for the reform of the law and was one of the most extensive public consultation exercises undertaken by the Law Commission. In May 2016 the Commission published an interim statement, summarising the key messages from consultation and setting out some of our initial conclusions. A report setting out recommendations was published on 13 March 2017, together with a draft Bill.

The website is run by a practising solicitor, Jonathan Wilson. It includes links to the full text of the relevant primary and secondary legislation, as well as a searchable and comprehensive database of cases from all levels of tribunals and courts in which the Mental Health Act 1983 and/or the Mental Capacity Act 2005 have been considered.

SCIE’s Mental Capacity Act awareness training improves understanding for a range of health and social care staff

An objective of the London NHS Commissioner MCA Board is to support commissioners to implement MCA assurance and compliance. This resource brings together a number of tools and documents to support MCA leads to gain MCA assurance. These tools have been compiled into a toolkit for NHS MCA leads in line with the MCA compliance framework, focusing on MCA policies and procedures to provide the correct framework for staff to follow; MCA training and support to translate MCA policies and procedures into practice; and quality assurance mechanisms that check MCA processes are carried out appropriately.