Blog: Mental Health

COVID-19 vaccine for those lacking capacity More than 4 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, deciding whether to have the…

Christmas can be a difficult time for many of us in any given year.  This year has been particularly difficult, presenting new challenges and situations for us all. For our…

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) were introduced to protect people (aged 18 years old or over) who do not have capacity…

This year has certainly been a challenging one and many people are struggling with their mental wellbeing after months of lockdown, the impact of COVID-19 and the uncertainty that…

Mental Health Awareness Week 18- 24th May 2020 For most of us, there will never again be a time when so many of us will be affected by mental health…

Tribunal set-up For anyone that has attended a Mental Health Tribunal pre-lockdown the 3 person panel will be very familiar. The judge sitting in the middle is assisted by an…

Mike Bishop, Head of our Mental Health team here at David Gray retires today (30 April 2020) and we wanted to say a huge Thank…

What is the current procedure? Due to the Covid-19 outbreak steps have been taken to limit the number of public meetings. This includes Court hearings and

Mental Health Act Reform In her speech following the recent General Election, the Queen outlined how the Government will continue to work to modernise and reform the

Today is World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day takes place every year on 10th October. The global event aims to raise awareness, provide support…