Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

With the indefinite delay to the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), how can people identify…

A deprivation of liberty case involving a vulnerable 14-year old with autism and a learning disability has been…

The government has written to the Liberty Protection Safeguards national steering group to announce that the April…

New resources have been launched that aim to aid professionals when they are making deprivation of liberty…

Applications for use of the deprivation of liberty safeguards have soared, from about 13,000 a year to around…

The Department of Health has asked the Law Commission to extend its review of mental capacity and detention to…

The number of completed Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications has risen by more than 10% in the…

Independent mental capacity advocates (IMCAs) are seeing a significant increase in Deprivation of Liberty…

The government has decided not to scrap the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) despite a recent House of…

The Supreme Court’s decision in 2 cases involving people with learning disabilities has been welcomed by charities…

The number of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications has risen by 66% in the 4 years they have been in…

There is still a widespread lack of understanding of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), with the use of restraint a…

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has delivered its first progress report into the Deprivation of Liberty…