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Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland: summary of outcomes from focussed visits 2010-11
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Between April 2010 and March 2011, the Commission undertook 87 focussed visits to people receiving care for mental health problems or learning disability in various settings. A total of 301 recommendations for improvement were made following these visits. When followed up, it was found that services had taken satisfactory action in 76% of cases. This paper reports on the main issues emerging from 74 of those visits, and specific examples of improvements made by these services after the visits. These 74 visits were to people receiving treatment in the following types of care settings: intensive psychiatric care and secure units; care facilities for people with learning disability; older people in hospital; older people in care homes; people with mental disorders in prison; young people's care facilities; mental health continuing care and rehabilitation facilities; and adult acute admission wards. Many of the recommendations addressed principles of Scottish mental health and incapacity legislation, the articles of human rights legislation and other international conventions. The most common issues raised were: care environments that did not appear to meet people's right to privacy and dignity; care plans that did not appear to comply with the principles of maximum benefit, participation and the range of options available; and lack of attention to physical health.
Guidance on the completion of the deprivation of liberty safeguards data collection sheet: version 1.5
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards came into force in April 2009, providing for the lawful deprivation of liberty of those people who lack capacity to consent to arrangements made for their care or treatment in hospitals or care homes, but who need to be deprived of liberty in their own best interests to protect them from harm. Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and local authorities have statutory responsibility for operating and overseeing the safeguards, while hospitals and care homes have responsibility for applying to a PCT or local authority for a Deprivation of Liberty authorisation, and there is a statutory requirement for all hospitals, care homes, PCTs and local authorities to keep comprehensive records for every person deprived of their liberty. The Department of Health has developed a number of standard forms to ensure compliance with the safeguards and promote a consistent approach to record keeping, and the Care Quality Commission has responsibility for monitoring and reporting on the operation of the safeguards. This paper provides guidance on making returns for monitoring purposes, and the data will be used by the Care Quality Commission to inform the evidence base for monitoring the operation of the safeguards and to report on activity.
Is social work effective: research findings from the Social Work Research Centre, University of Stirling
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING. Social Work Research Centre
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Social Work Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 86p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Brings together research done at the centre over the last 8 years into the effectiveness of social work. This was centred around 4 themes: the effectiveness of community care; social work and criminal justice; the effectiveness of different organisational contexts in social work; and prevention.