On 16 July 2020, Helen Whatley, Minister of State for Care announced that there would be a delay in the new Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) Scheme coming into force.
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act received Royal Assent on 16th May, with expectations that it will come into force in Spring 2020. It is hoped new systems in the Act will make authorising deprivations of liberty more efficient.
The Government has launched a consultation on proposals which would mean that Coroners would have the power to hold inquests into the deaths of babies who are stillborn. This would apply for babies born after 37 weeks.
Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v M (1) and OA (2) (2019)
Esegbona v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 77 (QB)
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) Code of Practice is to be revised to take account of changes in case law and lessons learned through practitioners using the Code over the past 11 years since it was published
