In a recent report, entitled A Hidden Crisis, Age UK has highlighted the extent of the problems with DoLS, setting out the results of qualitative … Read More ›
Tag: DOLS
This is a guest post from Lorraine Currie, West Midlands ADASS Associate, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty. For a discussion with Lorraine I … Read More ›
[This is a guest post by Lorraine Currie, a former DoLS Lead and currently an associate with WMADASS with a focus on MCA and DoLS. … Read More ›
The DoLS statistics for England for the year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 were published today (24 August 2023). They show that, despite … Read More ›
In light of the announcement on 5 April that a delay in the implementation of the LPS “beyond the life of this Parliament,” I have … Read More ›
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has today (22 July) published its report into Human Rights in Care Settings, following an inquiry running since September … Read More ›
With (curiously?) coincidental timing, given that the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill returns to the Commons tomorrow, 2 April, the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman … Read More ›
A one-off 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report just (Monday 3 Sept) published analyses the Bill in detail and provides a range of perspectives ahead … Read More ›
The JCHR has launched an inquiry into the Right to freedom and safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The Committee is issuing an … Read More ›
The Government last night (16 November) accepted an amendment to the Policing and Crime Bill moved by Baroness Finlay to remove deaths under Schedule A1 … Read More ›