‘A Care Quality Commission review has found “undignified and inhumane” care in some hospital settings providing complex care for autistic people, and people with a learning disability and/or mental health condition.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Too many hospitals for people with learning disabilities or autism are providing poor care which is, at times, undignified and inhumane, the care regulator for England has said.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The death of a teenager who was given antipsychotic medication though he and his family warned that the drug might cause him serious harm could have been avoided, an independent review has concluded.’
The Guardian, 20th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Court of Protection judge has ordered Shropshire Council to pay the costs of the Official Solicitor and a father after finding that the local authority had failed an 18 year old man (ND) with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Brown, 21, is a severely autistic Jamaican-born UK resident who is currently in prison a two-and-a-half-hour drive from his mother’s home in Dudley. He is nearing the end of a five-year prison sentence, and faces removal to a country he hasn’t set foot in since he came to the UK aged four.’
The Independent, 5th October 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police officers detained and interviewed hundreds of thousands of vulnerable suspects last year in England and Wales in breach of mandatory safeguards, according to the body that sets standards for those who support vulnerable adults in police custody.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Family Court judge has hailed the success of allowing an autistic mother’s oral evidence in care proceedings to be given by presenting her with written questions whilst in the witness box and for the answers to be typed in real time.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Children with Down’s syndrome and autism were among those left for hours in court cells while they waited for legal representation or transport, a custody watchdog has revealed in a damning report.’
The Guardian, 7th August 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than a quarter of English councils are acting unlawfully by discriminating against children with autism, according to a report by disability law experts.’
BBC News, 4th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Southwark has lost a High Court case over a disabled young woman’s care plan after a judge found aspects of the council’s case to be materially flawed or erroneous.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th July 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Clearer guidelines have been published for courts sentencing offenders who have schizophrenia, depression or other mental disorders.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The London Borough of Barnet gave “disingenuous” and “erroneous” reasons for departing from the recommendations of the First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) in a case concerning an autistic boy’s care, a judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th July 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A teenager who threw a six-year-old child off a viewing platform at the Tate Modern gallery in London will serve at least 15 years in prison, the Old Bailey was told on Friday.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A junior solicitor diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome who was convicted after sending a woman he briefly dated a series of abusive Facebook messages has been fined £10,000 by a disciplinary tribunal.’
Legal Futures, 24th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A council has agreed to pay a woman with autism, severe anxiety disorder and associated mental health disorders £60,000 after it failed to provide her with support for more than five years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th June 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Disability campaigners have sent a letter before action to five public bodies over what they say has been a failure to mandate the collection and publication of data on the deaths of people with learning disabilities and autism during the coronavirus pandemic.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st May 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Government has changed its leaving home guidance to permit people with specific health needs to exercise outside more than once a day and to travel to do so where necessary, following the threat of a judicial review challenge.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (‘NICE’) has changed the COVID-19 guideline for clinical care after being threatened with a judicial review challenge.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A pre-action protocol letter has been sent to the Government calling on it to reconsider the policy that all citizens are only permitted to leave the house for exercise once per day.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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