Rachel Griffiths

Mental Capacity Act and human rights consultant, former @CareQualityComm National Professional Adviser on MCA, MBA for services to vulnerable people

[Rachel Griffiths @RachelG_MCA]

There will also be a link so people who are unable to attend in person can watch the ceremony online. Likewise, please DM and we will send you the link when we have it

[Rachel Griffiths @RachelG_MCA]

This is Rachel Griffiths's family.

Rachel died on 24 December. We know she meant a lot to many people, and we're sorry if we haven't managed to contact all of you individually—please send a DM to this account and we will tell you the funeral arrangements as soon as we have them

[Rachel Griffiths @RachelG_MCA]

Rachel's funeral will be on Monday, 2 February. If we haven't contacted you individually to tell you the details, we're very sorry—DM this account and we will let you know

[Rachel Griffiths @RachelG_MCA]

@barbaralhudson Thank you Barbara, we will tell you as soon as we can

[Rachel Griffiths @RachelG_MCA]

@wellstreets Thank you. (This is her son @EdmundGriffiths)

[Prof. Mark Taubert @ProfMarkTaubert]

Canada has just released its public consultation on expanding Assisted Dying through advance directives/decisions. Dr Coelho has written an article responding to the consultation report:
'Canada’s MAiD consultation misleads the public in its framing:
https://t.co/E0FuJKgF52

[Prof. Mark Taubert @ProfMarkTaubert]

Well done for speaking out. Too many myths about palliative care!

[Dan Hitchens @ddhitchens]

“Let’s be very very clear,” Kim Leadbeater told the House of Commons on November 29 last year. “The model that is being proposed here…is nothing like what happens in Canada.”

Here are fifteen important ways in which the Leadbeater bill resembles Canada’s disastrous model:

[Celia Kitzinger @KitzingerCelia]

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New blog from an observer whose partner has dementia:

"HHJ Beckley’s humanity offered a vital counterpoint to the helplessness I felt on the hospital ward, and reminded me that small acts of recognition + thoughtfulness can matter profoundly"

https://t.co/QJOxFlYN0F

[Rachel Griffiths @RachelG_MCA]

It’s beyond depressing that people with learning disabilities are still being failed by basic errors of practice. Here, the Coroner singles out a failure to adhere to the second statutory principle of the Mental Capacity Act: shameful.

[Paul Scriven 🔶️ @Paulscriven]

We await the response as a family from @CHFTNHS and Dr's Martland and Khokhar of Dalton Surgery Huddersfield.
https://t.co/rurB8NQIa1
https://t.co/8X2alKz693

[Edmund Griffiths @EdmundGriffiths]

I think the last time the United States bought a dependency from Denmark was in 1917, when the Danish West Indies became the US Virgin Islands for $25m. The population (larger than Greenland's) still have no vote for president & only a non-voting "delegate" in the congress

[Lucy Series @TheSmallPlaces]

Here it is - your reminder - You don’t need to demonstrate “mental capacity” to be allowed to vote!https://t.co/iXvvMPso7P #GeneralElection (cc @ElectoralCommUK )

[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

Liberty Protection Safeguards - a parting holiday observation: https://t.co/dOgqUSIpCf

[Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) @Nuffbioethics]

📢“Maximising the health, and therefore the life chances, of older adults should be seen as a major national priority.”

Great to see today’s @CMO_England 2023 important report on the challenges & opportunities for #health in an #ageing society.

🔗https://t.co/ZbZCFJijhj

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[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

My heart breaks - solitary confinement in hospital has no therapeutic benefit for people with a learning disability and autistic people: https://t.co/saA0pDoCDg

[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

A really important project, which I’m delighted to be working on with such an expert team.

[Rachel Griffiths @RachelG_MCA]

A thoughtful discussion of why, and when, to adapt processes in the interests of the person whose human rights and autonomy are potentially at risk from the outcome of having their capacity assessed (or, conversely, from a too-glib reliance on the presumption of capacity).

[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

“Proportional assessments,” remote assessments, the Care Act and the MCAL https://t.co/N01WEOQW7n

[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

What should happen where it appears impossible to engage the person? A high-stakes question for the Court of Protection: https://t.co/MMCarlazaJ

[Rachel Amos @reeamos]

If you saw the bbc this morning you will know that some SEND kids’ money is stuck. If that’s you and you want FREE help to get through the process please sign up (newsletter link in comments). @TorButlerCole @Capacitylaw @reedsmithllp @TamaraBoxRS #SEND #COP @RichardCeeney

[Prof Rosie Harding @rosiehardinguk]

Please share widely! We're looking for people who use easy read to take part in an exciting new co-production research project I'm running with @PhilipaBragman @flying_plum @Sophie0Connell @PFselfadvocacy @DhanishkaS18