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Elizabeth Ridley

Is the information sharing approach within the mental health services leading to the deterioration in health and/ or death of patients?

During my Court of Protection and public law experience, I've seen several cases where a patient has been acutely mentally unwell,...

29/08/24
Fiona McGhie

Deprivation of liberty: Review of Surrey Police v PC &Ors and using a police station as a place of safety

The recent case of Surrey Police v PC & Ors [2024] EWHC 1274 (Fam) 24 May 2024 highlighted issues with a police station being a place of...

30/07/24
Elizabeth Ridley

Is the lack of cohesion between the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act keeping patients in hospital and not in the community?

Is the lack of cohesion between the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983 dangerous for patients? This is an important...

29/05/24
Alice Hall

Mental Health Awareness Week: Supporting claimants and each other

Experiencing mental health difficulties is distressing, and many people often struggle to get the help that they need.  Research tells us...

15/05/24
Ayse Ince

Helping bereaved families get answers at inquests and the campaign for a national structure to ensure care improvement recommendations are upheld

It’s impossible to comprehend how a family must feel when they learn that the death of their loved one could have been prevented.  I...

13/05/24
Gemma Eason

Statutory inpatient mental health care guidance aims to speed up discharge process and help those who are autistic and/or have a learning disability

Guidance has been published under section 82 National Health Service Act 2006 which hopes to provide greater clarity to NHS bodies and...

20/03/24
Ayse Ince

Time to Talk Day: The charity support available following a bereavement and work to improve mental health services

On this year's Time to Talk Day we're being encouraged to talk about how we “really feel.” Therefore, I thought it would be a perfect...

31/01/24
Rebecca Tramaseur

Medical negligence lawyer urges clinicians to introduce personalised mental health assessments as study finds 41 NHS Trusts use standardised tools

Mental health is complex, individual specific and is every changing. As a medical negligence solicitor I've supported a number of...

04/12/23
Rowen Cobb

Legal experts say further improvements still needed following latest Care Quality Commission inspection of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out inspections into the community mental health services at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS...

26/10/23
Matthew Smith

Career-ending injuries and the impact on mental health of sports professionals

Sports have always been associated with physical expertise, discipline, and a commitment to success. However, there lies a darker reality...

14/06/23
Charlotte Johnson

Patient safety needs to be a priority as former senior managers raise concerns over care at The Priory

A BBC News article has revealed that two former senior managers at The Priory Group, the biggest single private provider of mental health...

10/05/23
Katie Wilkins

Mental health law reform: The Joint Committee’s report and what this could mean for individuals who are autistic or who have a learning disability

The Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) is in need of reform.  In 2018, there was an independent review of the MHA which examined the...

31/01/23
Megan Walker

The need for action to improve patient safety at Roseberry Park mental health hospital in Middlesbrough following latest CQC inspection

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) recently inspected Roseberry Park Hospital, a specialist mental health hospital, which is part of Tees,...

31/10/22
Lauren Bullock

The worrying and worsening mental health crisis in children and young people

It has been reported that thousands of young people have attempted suicide due to the long wait times to access mental health treatment. ...

26/07/22
Rowen Cobb

Plea for public inquiry into Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust as concerns over mental health care remain

By Rowen Cobb, a medical negligence specialist at Irwin Mitchell There has been a fresh plea for a public inquiry into Tees, Esk and Wear...

11/05/22
Rowen Cobb

Private mental health hospitals: Care concerns raised as coroner calls for new safety standards

By Rowen Cobb, a medical negligence expert at Irwin Mitchell A coroner has called for new security standards at acute mental health units...

03/05/22
Laura Daly

Worrying impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the deaths of people treated under the Mental Health Act

By Lauren Cooper a medical negligence solicitor at Irwin Mitchell  It is well recognised that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic goes...

25/11/21
Laura Daly

Baby Loss: It's time to talk

by Sanna Mazhar, medical negligence solicitorMiscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal deaths; why in society can we sometimes feel shame or...

30/07/21