Blog: Mental Health

What is an advocate? If a friend or family member has been placed under a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard then they may be appointed an advocate. The advocate’s role can…

What is a nearest relative? If you have a relative who has been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, you may have been contacted by mental…

What is a DoLS? DoLS is an acronym which stands for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Unless you have been faced with local authority involvement for yourself, a…

Mental Health Tribunal hearing process change A new pilot has come into force on 3 October 2022 as part of a road map for the future of Mental Health Tribunal…

COVID-19 vaccine for those lacking capacity More than 4 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, deciding whether to have the…

Christmas can be a difficult time for many of us in any given year.  This year has been particularly difficult, presenting new challenges and situations for us all. For our…

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) were introduced to protect people (aged 18 years old or over) who do not have capacity…

Mental Health Awareness Week 18- 24th May 2020 For most of us, there will never again be a time when so many of us will be affected by mental health…

Tribunal set-up For anyone that has attended a Mental Health Tribunal pre-lockdown the 3 person panel will be very familiar. The judge sitting in the middle is assisted by…

Mike Bishop, Head of our Mental Health team here at David Gray retires today (30 April 2020) and we wanted to say a huge Thank…