The Centre exists to promote research and its dissemination in the field of Health and Social Care Law.
On 24 June 2016, the Centre organised a public conference on ‘Mental health, learning disability and social care: protecting human rights in the austerity crisis.’ You can read about the speakers and discussions on the Cardiff University Mental Health Blog.
The Centre also supports the Children’s Social Care Law in Wales website.
Follow us on Twitter @CHSCLaw.
Aims
- To promote research and teaching on the socio-legal aspects of health and social care.
- To provide mutual peer support, mentoring and feedback on research-related activities, including writing articles and research grant proposals.
- To support the work of pro bono clinics working on health and social care related projects.
- To organise internal events relating to current research and topical themes in health and social care.
- To organise public events, and involve external organisations in internal events, to foster public engagement and impact related activities in health and social care.
- To contribute towards the selection of internal and external speakers in the LAWPL seminar series.
Research
Members of the Centre have a range of research interests in:
- medical law and ethics;
- mental health;
- disability;
- additional learning needs;
- human rights;
- social care for adults and children.
Some of the current projects our members are involved in are listed here:
Projects
- Ethical Judgments: Re-Writing Medical Law
This edited collection explores what would happen if judges were required to be ethically consistent when they make decisions in ‘hard’ medico-legal decisions as well as adhering to legal validity. Nine important cases are re-interpreted in the collection – first by two academics acting as judges and then by two additional academics acting as legal and ethical commentators on the revised judgments. The collection is edited by Stephen W Smith, Senior Lecturer in Medical Law and Ethics, along with colleagues from the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester and Strathclyde. In addition, Professors Nicky Priaulx and John Harrington have provided commentaries in the collection. - Transparency in Family Courts
Evaluating the responses to, and effects of, judicial guidance on publishing family court judgments involving children and young people
Meet the team
Director
Academic staff
Postgraduate students
Events
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 24 June 2016 | Mental health, learning disability and social care: protecting human rights in the austerity crisis |
| 22 November 2016 | SciScreen ‘Intouchables’ |
| 5 December 2106 | SciScreen ‘Marvellous’ |
Podcasts
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Independent Living | Neil Crowther, consultant on disability, is interviewed by Lucy Series, about his recent report on the rights of disabled people in European states to live independently and be included in the community. This is followed by Neil’s presentation on the meaning of ‘home’ at a seminar held at the School of Law and Politics on 11 June 2019. |
| Reviews into deaths of vulnerable adults | Amanda Robinson, Alyson Rees and Roxanna Dehaghani explain what can be learned from recent practice reviews that took place after the sudden death of a vulnerable adult, and how future reviews could be improved. |
| The wellbeing of new adoptive families | Katherine Shelton and Julie Doughty discuss their research on the adoption of children in care, and the factors that help adoptive families flourish. |
| Transparency in the family courts | Sharon Thompson interviews Julie Doughty about transparency, open justice and privacy in family courts. |
| Paid care work, labour deregulation and private business: Lessons from the UK | Lydia Hayes lecture to RMIT University, 20 June 2018 |
Resources
Response to the Welsh Government’s consultation on ‘Guidance on handling individual cases to protect children and adults at risk’
This response has been prepared by academics at the Centre for Health and Social Care Law , School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University.
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Response to the Welsh Government’s consultation on ‘Guidance on handling individual cases to protect children and adults at risk’
Response to the Welsh Government’s consultation on ‘Guidance on handling individual cases to protect children and adults at risk’
Next steps
Research that matters
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Postgraduate research
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