Mental health & mental capacity lawyer & OPG panel deputy. Greenchurch Legal Services Limited, Former Chair Law Society Mental Health & Disability Committee
It’s 12 years since the @BBCPanorama documentary about #WinterbourneView.
12 wasted years of talk, reviews and reports.
And no meaningful action.
Watch our vigil from the 10 anniversary and ask yourself if this rotten system will ever be fixed.
https://t.co/GG8YpILUQ6
Whatever the election results in England remember that some people on the electoral register were not allowed to vote - disenfranchised by new ID laws https://t.co/NYq8fRm71o
2m voters don't have access to photo ID but just 85,000 applied for a voter ID certificate.
'A large portion of the 2m people identified as not having access to photo ID will be Disabled..many will already be excluded from engaging in elections due to inaccessible practice'🔽
Can we say it again for the people at the back "no person has the right to prevent a person from voting on capacity grounds. Not a care home, not a deputy or donee of an LPA, not a election officer, nobody." @anneliese_ht@louise_warren5@NHSsafeguarding@SANNnhs@kennygibsonnhs
👨👧“Your life is in their hands. It’s a more powerful document than a will.”
@ShereeGreen17, a member of our Mental Health and Disability Committee, speaks to @WhichUK about how Power of Attorney works and why it matters.
https://t.co/hDudzZmADu
There’s just two weeks to go until our next regional event in Birmingham. Join @ShereeGreen17 on 28th March as she covers updates and latest developments with the OPG, LPAs, COP and care decisions impacting vulnerable and older people. Book your place: https://t.co/KMnO36c7n0
We need to talk about #vulnerability - read Margaret’s story for Adult Safeguarding Week - Greenchurch Legal Services Limited @AnnCraftTrust https://t.co/rzrcXHY1Ik
Outside a high-security fence, Adam Downs' mum is waiting - and fighting - to see her son released.
He is among hundreds of people with learning disabilities who have been kept locked up indefinitely for years, @PeterAdamSmith reports.
https://t.co/JlczGhsFhw
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that MJC Law as a Firm and all three Directors have been ranked in the Chambers & Partners 2023 Guide for Court of Protection work. This is an incredible achievement and shows testament to the level of work that we carry out.
Thank you for speaking out @AQuinnUnbroken
"A disabled activist has warned that proposed changes to the law that are supposed to prevent autistic people from being unfairly detained in hospital could lead to many of them ending up in prison instead." https://t.co/nCl9XMfkxi
The NHS England Learning Disability and Autism Advisory group is looking for new members who are experts by experience. Join us to help make the NHS work better for autistic people and people with a learning disability. https://t.co/EtRQ2hWb7a
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