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Consent to Treatment Under the Mental Health Act: ECT and Second Opinions
How consent to treatment works for patients detained under the Mental Health Act, including the three-month medication rule, ECT, second opinion doctors and emergencies.
BACP CPD Requirements for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
What the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy expects for CPD: 30 hours a year, keeping records, audit and the consequences of non-compliance.
RCVS CPD Requirements for Vets and Veterinary Nurses in the UK
What the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons requires for CPD from vets and veterinary nurses: hours, recording, undocumented learning and compliance.
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Borderline Personality Disorder: A Care Staff Guide to NICE CG78
What NICE guideline CG78 says about borderline personality disorder: relationships, crisis plans, managing risk, medicines and admission, explained for care staff.
Lithium: What Care Staff Need to Know About Monitoring and Toxicity
What care staff need to know about lithium: blood level timing, routine monitoring, signs of toxicity, medicines to avoid and dehydration risks.
Clozapine: What Care Staff Need to Know About Monitoring and Safety
What care staff need to know about clozapine: blood tests, missed doses, constipation, smoking changes and when to call the mental health team.
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Long-Term Segregation Under the Mental Health Act: A Care Staff Guide
What long-term segregation is, how it differs from seclusion under the Mental Health Act Code of Practice, and the safeguards and reviews care staff should expect.
Section 17 Leave Under the Mental Health Act: A Care Staff Guide
How Section 17 leave works for patients detained under the Mental Health Act, including who authorises it, conditions, recall and what staff should record.
Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA): A Care Staff Guide
Who qualifies for an Independent Mental Health Advocate under the Mental Health Act, what they can do, and what the 2025 reforms mean for staff.
Capacity to Consent to Sexual Relations: A Guide for Care Staff
How capacity to engage in sexual relations is assessed, what the Supreme Court decided in JB, and what care staff should and should not do.
Appropriate Adult Under PACE: A Guide for Care Staff
What an appropriate adult does in police custody under PACE Code C, who can and cannot act, and what care staff should do when a person they support is arrested.
Training Needs Analysis for Your Finance Team: A 7-Step Guide
A practical seven-step method for finding skill gaps in reporting, systems, data and AI — with a finance skills matrix template and a simple scoring method for prioritising training spend.
Deprivation of Liberty for 16 and 17-Year-Olds: A Care Staff Guide
What the June 2026 AGNI ruling means for 16 and 17-year-olds, what Re D still leaves open, and what care staff should do when restrictions may amount to a deprivation of liberty.