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Claire Martin
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NHS psychologist with older people. @Assoc_CAT therapist. @OpenJusticeCoP core member. Knits. Views can never truly be your ‘own’, can they? Rtw =\= endorsement
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New blog post by Daniel Clark @clarkdaniel.bsky.social and Claire Martin @doccmartin.bsky.social (with commentary by Lucy Series @thesmallplaces.bsky.social)

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A young man failed by NHS South West London ICB and the London Borough of Wandsworth
Working in the health service, I often hear families’ concerns or reasonable complaints framed as them being ‘anxious’ about their loved one’s care. I think it can be a manoeuvre to delegitimise th…
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
doccmartin.bsky.social
This situation is all too common. Public bodies have become businesses prioritising budgets. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/03/05/p...
Public bodies argue about funding – Poole J feels like “a referee or go-between”
By Amanda Hill, with contribution from Tim Sugden, 5th March 2025 The protected person (“MH”) has been diagnosed with dementia and lives in a care home. This case (COP 14…
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
March 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
doccmartin.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/02/27/a...
A young man failed by NHS South West London ICB and the London Borough of Wandsworth
Working in the health service, I often hear families’ concerns or reasonable complaints framed as them being ‘anxious’ about their loved one’s care. I think it can be a manoeuvre to delegitimise th…
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
February 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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kitzingercelia.bsky.social
New blog post by @doccmartin.bsky.social

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/01/09/d...
Delays for “a most distinguished man” deprived of his liberty
By Claire Martin, 8h January 2025 (This blog was written in December 2024 and set up for automated release in January in advance of the next listed hearing in this case on 13th January 20…
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
January 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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shaunlintern.bsky.social
It can now be revealed that a review by the Crown Prosecution Service found 12 members of NHS staff — 2 doctors, 9 nurses and 1 pharmacist — all failed in their duty of care to Laura Higginson. But the CPS concluded it did not meet the threshold for prosecution.
shaunlintern.bsky.social Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · Dec 8
Every day last week I attended the inquest into the death of 30-year-old Laura Higginson. It has taken her husband Antony 7.5 years, 4 coroners & £80k to expose how she was repeatedly overdosed with paracetamol by NHS staff.

The inquest was jaw dropping.

Read: www.thetimes.com/article/22ec...
I’ve spent 7 years convincing the NHS paracetamol killed my wife
An army veteran who says his six-stone partner was repeatedly overdosed in hospital has put £80,000 into his fight prove failings led to her death
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:28 AM
doccmartin.bsky.social
"Mother was subjected to a Deprivation of Liberties, that deprived her of her love of freedom & her love of family, in short,her love of life." Harrowing, raw testimony on the impact of 'safeguarding':all health, social & COP professionals should read
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“Bureaucracy blots out the sun”: Telling Ella Lung’s story
Ella Lung, suffering from dementia, was deprived of her freedom in a care home for over two years. Her son, Richard, documented her distress and their experiences through fourteen journals. Despite…
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December 2, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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A finely balanced decision for the judge to make. P said during this hearing ‘if you can see in your hearts to see where I’m coming from’. I wonder what the judge decided. @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
September 2, 2024 at 6:30 AM
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This article speaks to what's missed when we think about healthcare in purely distributive terms. No, we shouldn't ration treatment or tests on the grounds of age. But we do need to ask: should we do this? When does attempting to help become harmful?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In your final years, do you want your doctor to talk to you about death? Here’s how it can help | Kathryn Mannix
Working in palliative care, I’ve seen too many dying people subjected to invasive treatment in place of frank conversations, says retired palliative care doctor Kathryn Mannix
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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kitzingercelia.bsky.social
New blog post - hot off the press - on judicial error. An expensive , time-consuming one that had to be corrected by members of the public. Not a good look for #openjustice

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Prohibition on identifying Public Guardian is “mistake not conspiracy”, says Judge
By Celia Kitzinger and Georgina Baidoun, 21st August 2024 On 1st February 2024 a member of the public, Georgina Baidoun, observed a hearing concerning an application by the Public Guardian to discharg...
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August 22, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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kitzingercelia.bsky.social
My new blog post on "What to do if the Transparency Order prevents you from naming a public body"
#openjustice

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What to do if the Transparency Order prevents you from naming a public body
By Celia Kitzinger, 27th August 2024 It’s probably safe to assume – unless you’re told otherwise – that if a Transparency Order prevents you from naming a public body, it’s a mistake. That’s been true...
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
August 28, 2024 at 5:52 AM
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This is an incisive (as ever) blog by @doccmartin.bsky.social

This sad case raises serious questions about state interference in people's lives, and what society expects a "normal" relationship to be

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/18/t...
Tangled webs, ‘enmeshment’, and breakdown of trust: Re A: (Covert medication: Closed Proceedings) – an implementation hearing
By Claire Martin, 18 August 2024 This case (COP 13236134) has been in the Court of Protection since 2018.  The protected party (A) is a 25-year-old woman, who has been living in a care home under a Co...
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
August 19, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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kitzingercelia.bsky.social
This Court of Protection case involved
CLOSED hearings (family were excluded + not told they were taking place) &
COVERT MEDICATION (she refused meds so care home put them in her food). By @doccmartin.bsky.social

We've been following it since 2020

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/18/t...
Tangled webs, ‘enmeshment’, and breakdown of trust: Re A: (Covert medication: Closed Proceedings) – an implementation hearing
By Claire Martin, 18 August 2024 This case (COP 13236134) has been in the Court of Protection since 2018.  The protected party (A) is a 25-year-old woman, who has been living in a care home under a Co...
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
August 18, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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An excellent blog by @doccmartin.bsky.social @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
August 18, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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clarkdaniel.bsky.social
My PhD has changed a little bit since this was published (for example, I don't have the same focus on capitalism as I initially did).

However, this is still a good statement of my motivations and intentions

www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/phd...
Daniel Clark - They were the future once: oppression in the lives of older people
www.sheffield.ac.uk
August 16, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Here's a new blog post by one of the Open Justice Court of Protection (COP) core team - Daniel Clark. He reflects on a recusal hearing.

I'll be posting these blog posts regularly on here now, hoping to inspire others to observe COP hearings.

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/13/m...
Marking one’s own homework: A “fair-minded observer’s” view of a recusal refusal
by Daniel Clark, 13th August 2024 What can a party do if they feel that, during the course of a hearing, they were “silenced and bullied and berated” by the judge? What happens if a litigant in person...
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August 14, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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Great account to follow. A real eye-opener.
August 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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kitzingercelia.bsky.social

Hita Jadeja is a solicitor with a background in commercial dispute resolution. She watched a Court of Protection hearing (in the RCJ) and describes her experience of #openjustice here.

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/14/d...
Directions Hearing for a Life Sustaining Treatment Case
By Hita Jadeja, 14th August 2024 On 31 July 2024 I observed a hearing (COP 20000664) before Mrs Justice Theis sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice.   An NHS Trust (‘the Trust’) has made an applicati...
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August 15, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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clarkdaniel.bsky.social
A few weeks ago I observed a recusal application in the Court of Protection.

I found it strange that it's common practice for a judge alleged to be biased to consider whether there's any merit in the allegation. So I wrote about that in this blog
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/13/m...
Marking one’s own homework: A “fair-minded observer’s” view of a recusal refusal
by Daniel Clark, 13th August 2024 What can a party do if they feel that, during the course of a hearing, they were “silenced and bullied and berated” by the judge? What happens if a litigant in person...
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
August 16, 2024 at 7:54 PM