View source for April 2010 update

==Case law==
*{{pagesummary|Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2010) EWHC 865 (QB)}}
*{{pagesummary|R (F and Thompson) v SSHD (2010) UKSC 17}}
*{{pagesummary|Independent News and Media Ltd v A (2010) EWCA Civ 343}}
*{{pagesummary|Re Candy (2010) COP 18/3/10}}
*{{pagesummary|R (Boyejo) v Barnet LBC (2009) EWHC 3261 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|MJJAB v Scottish Ministers (2010) CSIH 31}}
*{{pagesummary|R (MC (Algeria)) v SSHD (2010) EWCA Civ 347}}
*{{pagesummary|Re Swift (2010) COP 30/3/10}}
*{{pagesummary|Re McAdam (2010) COP 29/3/10}}
*{{pagesummary|Re Saunders (2010) COP 30/3/10}}
*{{pagesummary|Key v Key (2010) EWHC 408 (Ch)}}
==Legislation==
*{{pagesummary|Equality Act 2010}}
*{{pagesummary|Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009}}
*{{pagesummary|National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2010}}
*{{pagesummary|Public Guardian (Fees, etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2010}}
*{{pagesummary|Lasting Powers of Attorney, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Public Guardian (Amendment) Regulations 2010}}
==Documents and news==
===LSC===
*The LSC have published an updated "Where work is processed" document this month. See [[Legal Aid]]
*LSC Update: "Indicative timetable for Mental Health tender process" published 26/4/10. The results of the tendering process for mental health Legal Aid work (except in special hospitals) was due to be published on 26/4/10 but, because of the expected regime change, will be announced at some stage before the end of May. The extra time will be used to check whether firms are able to deliver the services they have tendered for. See [[Legal Aid]]
*CLS News: Customer satisfaction survey, published 23/4/10. Help to write the LSC's epitaph. See [[Legal Aid]]
*CLS News: Updated CLS financial eligibility keycard now available, published 12/4/10. To be used for new and further assessments from 12/4/10. The changes in this edition reflect an increase in the standard dependants allowances assessed for a partner or child living with the applicant (based on income support uprating); eligibility limits are unchanged. See [[Legal Aid]]
*CLS News: Important changes to the Funding Code - 1/4/10 - "The changes affect the criteria for judicial review, multi-party actions and claims against public authorities and set up new appeal structures for certain high cost and public interest cases." See [[Legal Aid]]

===MHT===
*From 19/04/10 a reorganisation of the MHT administration process took effect. The regional teams have been combined and reorganised into Case Progression Teams (North and South), Reports Teams and a dedicated team to deal with decisions. See [[Mental Health Tribunal#External links]]
*From April 2010 the Tribunals Service are consulting stakeholders on new procedures and forms for the listing of cases. See [[Consultations#Mental Health Tribunal]]

===CQC===
*In March 2010 the CQC published a new web page entitled "Statutory reporting related to the Mental Health Act 1983". The page deals with new reporting requirements in relation to detained patients who go AWOL or die (in force on 1/4/10 for NHS service providers and 1/10/10 for independent service providers); it also covers s61 reports. See [[Care Quality Commission]]
*In March 2010 the CQC added details of the health and social care complaints procedures to their website. See [[Complaints procedure]]

===DH===
*On 1/4/10 the Dept of Health published NHS continuing healthcare practice guidance: "This practice guidance supports practitioners and others with responsibilities for NHS continuing healthcare in the implementation of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care. It provides a practical explanation of how the Framework should operate on a day-to-day basis and cites examples of good practice." See [[Dept of Health]]
*On 31/3/10 the Dept of Health revised their 26/11/09 "Applying the NHS Performance Framework to Mental Health Trusts" guidance: "This document informs mental health trusts, PCTs and SHAs of the criteria against which mental health performance will be assessed. It should be read alongside Implementing the NHS Performance Framework." See [[Dept of Health]]

===Other===
*NI Court Service press release published 1/4/10: "Tribunal Reform continues with further transfers". Northern Ireland is moving towards a unified courts and tribunals service for Northern Ireland; with the devolution of policing and justice on 12/4/10, the Court Service will be renamed "The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service". See [[Northern Ireland]]
*As part of its Stage 1 consideration, the National Assembly for Wales’ Legislation Committee No. 3 is calling for evidence on the general principles of the proposed Mental Health (Wales) Measure. Consultation runs from 29/3/10 to 14/5/10. See [[Consultations#National Assembly for Wales]]
*NMHDU published "Attitudes to mental illness 2010 research report" this month. See [[Statistics]]
*The text of 1/4/10 MCA Update email has been added. It summarises the OPG's response to the "Amendments to secondary legislation" consultation paper. See [[OPG]]

==Website==
*See [[April 2010 chronology]] for this month's changes to the website in date order
*On 30/4/10, Wikimentalhealth contained '''735''' [[Mental health case law|categorised cases]]
*New page added: {{pagesummary|Voting rights for detained patients}}
*The CPD questionnaire for March 2010 has been published. Obtain 12 CPD points for £50. See [http://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/cpd/ CPD pages]

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