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HSCWRU, at King's College London, conducts research into the workforce. Follow for news of our findings and upcoming free events. Director: @annetteboaz.bsky.social‬ Visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru

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Unofficial update to MCA Codes updated There are two Codes of Practice to the Mental Capacity Act 2005, one for the main body of the Act, and one for the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. They are statutory Codes: they have been approved by Parliament, and the MCA 2005 requires certain people to have regard to them. Those people include anyone acting in a professional capacity. Neither Code of Practice has ever been updated since they were published, the main Code in 2007, and the DoLS Code in 2009.

Unofficial update to MCA Codes updated

There are two Codes of Practice to the Mental Capacity Act 2005, one for the main body of the Act, and one for the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. They are statutory Codes: they have been approved by Parliament, and the MCA 2005 requires certain people to…

20.11.2025 15:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Staff experience in the NHS: Navigating challenges and change together | King's College London Unit researchers attended the NHS Employers Conference

Staff experience in the NHS: Navigating challenges and change together
Unit researchers Caroline Norrie, Antonina Semkina and Kritika Samsi attended the NHS Employers Conference
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/staff-e...

19.11.2025 17:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Unit overseas nurse recruitment work presented to high level inquiry | King's College London The APPG inquiry is examining global health workforce migration

Unit overseas nurse recruitment work presented to high level inquiry
The APPG inquiry is examining global health workforce migration
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/unit-ov...

19.11.2025 17:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
50 years in mental health and capacity law – in conversation with Peter Edwards In this 'in conversation with,' I talk to Peter Edwards, a solicitor who has just passed his 50 year mark working in mental health (and, since it became a 'thing' mental capacity law), and who has had quite the most extraordinarily varied and significant impact in ways that you might not be aware of.  The article that I mention which sets out some of the things that he has done is…

50 years in mental health and capacity law – in conversation with Peter Edwards

In this 'in conversation with,' I talk to Peter Edwards, a solicitor who has just passed his 50 year mark working in mental health (and, since it became a 'thing' mental capacity law), and who has had quite the most…

19.11.2025 09:52 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Harm Reduction in women’s homelessness services | King's College London Hannah Piggott, King's College London

New from the Homelessness series
Harm Reduction in women’s homelessness services
14 January 2026 10:00 to 11:00
with Hannah Piggott of @policyatkings.bsky.social
All welcome
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/harm-...

18.11.2025 18:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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No quick fixes: Multi-agency working to improve information-sharing on men and keep children safe
@carlpurcell.bsky.social Mary Baginsky, Nicole Steils
#openaccess in BJSW

18.11.2025 14:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
New research shows how better pay and training could rescue social care in England | Health & Social Care Workforce:

On the Unit blog:
Andreas Georgiadis and Andreas Kornelakis: "New research shows how better pay and training could rescue social care in England"
blogs.kcl.ac.uk/socialcarewo...

15.11.2025 09:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The HSCWRU team at wallacespace, Farringdon on 11 November

The HSCWRU team at wallacespace, Farringdon on 11 November

The Unit Away Day and a look back at 2025

Staff gathered in Farringdon this week to discuss Unit strategy

News ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/unit-aw...

14.11.2025 13:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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At the homelessness series | King's College London Ben Scher (Princeton University) discussed harm reduction and belonging

At the homelessness series
Ben Scher (Princeton University) discussed harm reduction and belonging...
Slides & attendee comments:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/at-the-...

13.11.2025 14:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ellie Atkins, Sarah McClinton and Jess Harris

Ellie Atkins, Sarah McClinton and Jess Harris

Jess Harris, Karl Mason, Sarah Blackmore, Cristina Temenos, Adi Cooper, Ellie Atkins, Barney Wells

Jess Harris, Karl Mason, Sarah Blackmore, Cristina Temenos, Adi Cooper, Ellie Atkins, Barney Wells

Graphic scribing for the Specialist Homelessness Social Work role event by Ian Jackson of ICE Creates

Graphic scribing for the Specialist Homelessness Social Work role event by Ian Jackson of ICE Creates

Last week Unit Research Fellow Jess Harris co-convened (with Ellie Atkins) an event on the Specialist #Homelessness Social Worker role – chaired by Sarah McClinton
Pictures, slides and onward links: 👇👀https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-impact-of-the-specialist-homelessness-social-work-role-and

10.11.2025 12:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Care Work launches new Community of Practice | King's College London The project is welcoming participants. First online meeting: 18 November

Care Work project is launching a new Community of Practice
The project is welcoming participants. First online meeting: 18 November
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www.kcl.ac.uk/news/care-wo...

03.11.2025 10:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Policy workshop for early- and mid-career researchers Supporting early and mid-career researchers focused on dementia & neurodegenerative conditions to bridge the gap between policy & research.

Are you a postdoc researcher interested in dementia and neurodegenerative diseases?

Join us in York on 25 November for a FREE policy workshop co-hosted by #denpruQM, NIHR Three Schools' Dementia Research Programme & @i-care-dtc.bsky.social.

Interested? Find out more & sign up:
tinyurl.com/4xz7ys27

29.10.2025 15:56 — 👍 2    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
Deprivation of liberty update – the Supreme Court, DHSC and CQC Three important developments, on different timelines, have occurred in relation to deprivation of liberty. The first is the publication on 23 October by the CQC of their annual State of Care Report, which includes a specific section under 'groups of people of concern' on deprivation of liberty.  It is a long section, but I reproduce the opening paragraphs here: We have raised serious concerns about the safeguards and the need for system-wide reform for a number of years.

Deprivation of liberty update – the Supreme Court, DHSC and CQC

Three important developments, on different timelines, have occurred in relation to deprivation of liberty. The first is the publication on 23 October by the CQC of their annual State of Care Report, which includes a specific section…

26.10.2025 09:38 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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At the Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum | King's College London Fifty-three people attended the latest Forum meeting

At the Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum today
#mbchf
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/at-the-...

22.10.2025 16:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 - UK Supreme Court Does the Minister of Health for Northern Ireland have the power to revise the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice (“the Code”) so that persons aged 16 and over who lack capacity to make...

Comes as Supreme Court reviews what counts as a deprivation of liberty in a case put forward by Northern Ireland: www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

19.10.2025 09:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Improved safeguarding and protections for vulnerable people Government to launch a consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards to improve safeguarding for vulnerable people.

Mental Capacity Act 2005 news:
"Government to launch a consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards to improve safeguarding for vulnerable people...in the first half of next year" to inform a "revised Code of Practice"
www.gov.uk/government/n...

19.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Better regulation, better care - Care Quality Commission Read about our consultation on proposals to evolve and improve our approach to assessing and rating health and care providers. This consultation is open between 16 October and 8 December 2025.

Better regulation, better care
Link to the CQC's consultation about its proposals to evolve and improve its approach to assessing and rating health and care providers.
Consultation now open, closing 11 Dec 2025.
www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/how...

16.10.2025 11:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Home Care Research Forum November 2025 | King's College London Dr Claudio Di Lorito; Dr Gladys Yinusa

At the Home Care Research Forum
19 November 2025 14:00 to 16:00
#hcrf
>> Use of social care by people with dementia who live alone - Claudio Di Lorito
>> Nutritional intervention to support people living with dementia receiving home care - Gladys Yinusa
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...

15.10.2025 08:37 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Evidence & Policy: Call for Abstracts | King's College London Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care

📢 Evidence & Policy journal SPECIAL ISSUE Call for Abstracts:
"Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning"
Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Abstracts deadline 3 November.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...

10.10.2025 14:18 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Evidence & Policy: Call for Abstracts | King's College London Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care

📢 Evidence & Policy journal SPECIAL ISSUE Call for Abstracts:
"Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning"
Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Abstracts deadline 3 November.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...

10.10.2025 14:18 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Homeless applications: barriers to in-person help & impact on hospitals | King's College London Jo Underwood; Hannah Piggott

New in the #Homelessness series
Homeless applications: barriers to in-person help & impact on hospitals
11 December 2025 10:00 to 11:00
Online. All welcome!
with Jo Underwood of @kcllaw.bsky.social & Hannah Piggott of @policyatkings.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/homel...

03.10.2025 07:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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10 Year Workforce Plan: call for evidence - Department of Health and Social Care

From DHSC-
Open call for evidence: 10 Year Workforce Plan
(Closes 7 November 2025)
consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/10-year-work...

02.10.2025 14:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our Community First Responders work, noted here by Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care Karin Smyth MP, is available via:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...

02.10.2025 08:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

National Workload Action Group reports published
Mary Baginsky contributed to new reports on social worker workload
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/nationa...

27.09.2025 09:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The important role of homecare workers in dementia palliative care and interventions to support them | Health & Social Care Workforce:

On the blog:
▶️The important role of homecare workers in dementia palliative care and interventions to support them
-by Fatima Mujtabah
blogs.kcl.ac.uk/socialcarewo...

27.09.2025 09:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Slides from this week's meeting of the #hcrf
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...

26.09.2025 19:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Coming up on Wednesday at the Unit 👇

22.09.2025 07:17 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future | King's College London Joe Hanley; James Blewett; Jane Tunstill; June Thoburn

Slides from today's Social Work History Network meeting on "Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future" #swhn
from James Blewett Jane Tunstill @joehanley.bsky.social @socwkhistory.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/socia...

25.09.2025 21:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work | King's College London The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'

House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work by Ian Kessler and @annetteboaz.bsky.social
The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/house-o...

24.09.2025 08:21 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Unit work presented in Utrecht | King's College London Jess Harris and Michelle Cornes were at the European Research Conference on Homelessness

Unit work presented in Utrecht
Jess Harris discussed the Unit's MCA and Homelessness study at the 19th European Research Conference on Homelessness
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/unit-wo...

23.09.2025 17:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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