Compassion in Dying – Bridging the Gap 0 comments
Bridging the Gap: why end-of-life wishes still go unheard Update 5 October 2026: what came out of the webinar Compassion in Dying has now held the first webinar linked to [...]
Organ donation – NHS urgent response 1 comment
Organ donation: NHS launches first-ever urgent response (external links below will open in a new browser tab or window) Organ Donation Week (21 to 27 September 2026) opened with stark [...]
Radical Social Re-engineering 0 comments
Mo Stewart’s Observations on Philip Alston’s Report In November 2018, Professor Philip Alston, then the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, visited the UK and concluded that [...]
Access to assistive technology 1 comment
UN General Assembly adopts landmark resolution on access to assistive technology The United Nations General Assembly has adopted its first ever resolution on access to assistive technology, a move campaigners [...]
Legal Aid – Question and Answer 0 comments
Written Question and Answer in the House of Lords Dr Jo Wilding from the University of Brighton has published research into the parlous state of social care legal aid, which [...]
Lasting Power of Attorney 0 comments
Lasting Power of Attorney (England and Wales) A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document that allows you to appoint one or more people you trust to make [...]
Advance Care Planning 0 comments
Advance Care Planning: making your wishes known Nobody likes to think about becoming seriously ill or approaching the end of life. But planning ahead isn’t about expecting the worst – [...]
Legal Aid crisis 0 comments
Disabled people ‘unable to enforce their rights’ as legal aid system reaches breaking point A major new report has warned that thousands of disabled people, older people and families are [...]
Supreme Court DoLS Ruling 1 comment
Supreme Court DoLS ruling: what has changed? Updated 30 June 2026: Government guidance published This article has been expanded following the publication of Government guidance on the Supreme Court judgment. [...]