Good practice guides

A toolkit for people who need to use interpreters in mental health and learning disability settings. Developed in partnership with the Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies in Scotland, based at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. This guide was updated in February 2018.

The Commission has compiled this guide to assist health and social care staff faced with issues that arise from the operation of powers of attorney. This document was reviewed and updated in November 2017 to reflect key changes to the Mental Health Act implemented on 30 June 2017.

In the course of our work, people have told us of their concerns about involvement of advocacy. This document was reviewed in Spring 2017 in light of changes to the Mental Health Act. This version replaces the previous 2015 version.

This guidance looks at best practice in responding to incidents of violence in learning disability and mental health settings. This document was reviewed in Spring 2017 in light of changes to the Mental Health Act. The previous title of this publication was 'Zero Tolerance: Responding to violence in mental health or learning disability care settings'.