14th September 1966 - 4th January 2013

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John Joseph Leighton


14th September 1966 - 4th January 2013


Thursday 14 November 2013

Sharing a new link: Mental Capacity Law Newsletter Nov 2013

Dear friends,

I am very grateful to Joseph Yow for sharing the link to the latest issue of the Mental Capacity Law Newsletter: http://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/images/MC_Law_Newsletter_November_2013.pdf

This newsletter is a very interesting read as it reports on the progress with the first case under the MCA 2005 to come before the Supreme Court.
There is an article about the new SCIE report on deprivation of liberty practice on page 10 and it's really good to see John's contribution being acknowledged.

I am including the text of this article below in case the link does not work:

New SCIE report on deprivation of liberty practice
The recently published SCIE report, 'Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: putting them into practice' is an essential read for anyone working within the realms of DoLS. It identifies the framework that should be used by hospitals and care homes to promote the effective use of the safeguards and gives examples of good practice. Crucially, in our view, it states at page 29 that "Care plans should explain how a resident's liberty is being promoted". The late great John Leighton was very much in favour of incorporating a liberty-enhancing section into a person's care plan and it is great to see the idea finding the light of day in good practice guidance. Also, throughout the report are benchmarks of what makes a good assessment or a good supervisory body, for example, which are particularly useful.

Many thanks for sharing this Joseph. 

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