Welcome to Edge Training & Consultancy Ltd 

NEWS: Download our brief summary of the changes to Sections 135 & 136 of the Mental Health Act:  . These will come into force on the 11th December 2017. 

NEWS: Download our brand new Events Flyer with new courses from 2017-2018: 

NEWS: DoLS Case Law Summary Crib Sheet- 2015-17 (Nov 2017 edition) 

NEWS: Medicines and Liberty- more than just antipsychotics. A talk prepared for Edge by Professor Clive Bowman- one of the authors of a study of the prescribing of antipsychotics in 600 care homes. Download Professor Bowman's talk here: 

NEWS: BIA Survey Report- Do BIA Assessments under DoLS lead to a positive outcome for people?  

The article on the survey is also featured in Community Care. To go to the article click here. 

BOOK  EDGE Events in London

If you want to attend a course hosted by Edge, click here for more details on our training events page. We do a number of events including BIA Legal Updates, BIA Report Writing, DoLS Signatory, Hoarding and the Law, Mental Capacity Act & Tenancy Agreements and more. Book individual places or a group of places.

BOOK  EDGE to come to your organisation

Edge can provide a trainer in a specialism of your choice to come to your organisation. For more details please email: admin@edgetraining.org.uk with the course title you want to book, number of delegates and approximate dates.

Why Edge?

Experience
We are a well established and highly experienced training provider delivering courses to local authorities, NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), voluntary groups, the fire service, the police and numerous other organisations. We are also experienced in running joint training events and large national conferences.

Trusted
We are entrusted to deliver training to large volumes of health and social care staff. In the last year alone, we delivered training to well over 100 different local authorities, NHS trusts and CCGs. The majority of these contracts were for multiple training events. Edge closely monitors evaluations to ensure the service we provide is consistently meeting the needs and requirements of our clients.

Knowledge
Edge boasts a range of experts who are leaders in their field. Many are also published authors, speak at conferences in their area of expertise or advise governments on matters of law and policy including the drafting of new laws. Our trainers include Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs), lawyers, Tribunal judges, university lecturers, psychiatrists, Best Interests Assessors (BIAs), social workers and Mental Health Act commissioners with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Practice
All our trainers have direct experience of practice and are able to ensure focused learning outcomes; bringing theory into practice.