[This is a guest post by Lorraine Currie, a former DoLS Lead and currently an associate with WMADASS with a… Read more
Tag: LPS
DHSC response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights regarding the LPS delay and its implications
[The Joint Committee on Human Rights wrote on 28 May 2023 to the Minister of State for Social Care to… Read more
MCA update from the DHSC / MOJ – a Code update is on the cards.
In the most recent DOLS Newsletter published on 20 June 2023, the DoLS and Mental Capacity team at the DHSC… Read more
Liberty Protection Safeguards: Welsh Government summary of consultation responses
A Welsh Government consultation was held between 17 March 2022 and 14 July 2022 on four sets of draft Regulations… Read more
LPS delay – Joint Committee on Human Rights questions for Government
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has written (by letter dated 26 May 2023) to the Minister of State for… Read more
LPS on the shelf – what to do now: video
In light of the announcement on 5 April that a delay in the implementation of the LPS “beyond the life… Read more
Liberty Protection Safeguards newsflash: implementation delayed “beyond the life of this Parliament”
In a decision which will trouble many (for instance the Joint Committee on Human Rights: see its 2022 report on… Read more
Human Rights in Care Settings: Joint Committee on Human Rights reports
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has today (22 July) published its report into Human Rights in Care Settings, following… Read more
Draft LPS forms published by DHSC (for England)
The DHSC has published today (8 July 2022) a set of template forms are designed to be used at key… Read more
In the Shadows of the Institution – the film
Dr Lucy Series has recently written a book, entitled Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution (Bristol University Press,… Read more