Notifiable event - when is formal regulatory action, including variation required?
This guidance has been updated with some minor changes but also to highlight that a change of service name is not a variation, only a notification.
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Involving People Group Video
Involving people who use services and their carers are crucial to our work.
Watch this video to find out more about our Involving People Group.
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Mental Welfare Commission Report 'Powers of Attorney and their safeguards'
Mr and Mrs D, a Scottish couple who have learning disabilities, faced years of mistreatment because their local authority failed to act to protect them.
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Involving People Group Video
Involving people who use services and their carers are crucial to our work.
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Mental Welfare Commission Report 'Powers of Attorney and their safeguards'
Mr and Mrs D, a Scottish couple who have learning disabilities, faced years of mistreatment because their local authority failed to act to protect them.
The Mental Welfare Commission's new report calls for a local authority to apologise for failing to intervene to protect Mr and Mrs D, despite evidence of financial and emotional abuse at the hands of a family member.
The council held many documented concerns about the family member, who had power of attorney for the couple’s finances and welfare.
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