Written response to The Scottish Parliament in relation to Petition PE1667: Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to conduct a wide review of Scottish mental health and incapacity legislation and, when doing so, to take due account of recent developments in international human rights law.
Our response to the Health, Sport and Social Care Committee’s call for evidence to inform Stage 1 consideration of the on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
in September 2020, highlighting instances where adults with incapacity were moved to alternative...The Commission welcomes the Mental Welfare Commission’s report into discharges of adults with incapacity from hospitals to care homes during the pandemic. The report shines a light on practices which may amount to a deprivation of liberty under the European Convention on Human Rights. Importantly, the report makes several recommendations to Health and Social Care Partnerships, the Care
The Commission has published its submission to the Mental Health Law Review consultation on proposals for changes to mental health and incapacity law in Scotland.
We've published our submission to the Scottish Government consultation on Anne's Law: proposals for adults living in care homes to maintain family and friendship connections
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