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The Law in Respect of Mental (In)Capacity in a Pre-Hospital Setting Involving the Ambulance Service - What Do I Need to Know? - MHASE Conference (video)
Doug and Matt will help guide us through the relevant legislation around mental health and mental capacity. By applying their knowledge to the pre-hospital setting, they will use real scenarios to highlight the challenges, duties and powers of ambulance service staff when responding to patients experiencing a mental health crisis. They will explore legal options and guide us through the roles and responsibilities of other agencies, such as Crisis Services, AMHPs and Police, exploring how we can work together to promote the needs of the patient and avoid unnecessary admission to Emergency Departments.
About Doug
Doug Feery is a Barrister-at-Law in independent practice who was called to the Bar via the Inner Temple in 2000 and who is a Member and Tenant of Liverpool Civil Law Barrister Chambers, Liverpool. Doug’s main area of interest and practice is in relation to all matters relating to adults in the context of Mental Health, Mental Capacity, Deprivation of Liberty & Care Act, alongside the provisions of the Equality Act, the Human Rights Act and the various inter-faces between the different pieces of law.
About Matt
Matt is a qualified and registered social worker who has been an academic in social work since 2007. Matt has extensive experience of working in local authority mental health services and academia. He has a passion for teaching, writing, and researching on the subjects of mental health, mental capacity and associated legislation. Matt is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
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| Contributed by: | MHASE - Mental Health Ambulance Service Education |
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| Licence: | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 16 December 2022 |
| Audience access level: | Full user |
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