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  1. Age UK Response to UPR Submission - September 2016 (PDF)

    liberty and security of the person Deprivation of Liberty 6.1 The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) exist to regulate deprivations of liberty involving people who lack capacity to consent to their ... Government asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of the DoLS which is currently underway. 6.2 A key concern with the current DoLS system is that it is too often used to sanction restrictive care

  2. CRS_Nov16_Managing_medicines_social_care_community.pdf

    treatment and may breach several of their rights if done inappropriately. We urge a very rigorous assessment process of mental capacity in this context and full application of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) ... administration) could contribute to a deprivation of liberty (DOL) in a 5 community setting must be fully considered. As previous court cases have found, DOLs can occur in the community. Although this particular

  3. Age UK Spring Budget submission, 2023.pdf

    for local authorities to help resource teams to clear the assessment backlog, to ensure that the 400,000+xxxi people awaiting a care assessment or review have their care needs identified ahead of next winter ... Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) backlog. NHS Digital estimate that in 2021/22 124,145 DoLS applications in England were not fully completed and only 20% of standard DoLS applications were completed within

  4. NHS continuing care_short resource.pdf

    setting that is able to meet your assessed needs, whether that is your own home, a hospice, residential or nursing home or other suitable setting. How do I get an assessment? Ask your GP, social worker, district ... Or, you can ask your local Integrated Care Board (ICB) NHS CHC team directly about accessing an assessment. The ICB is responsible for commissioning NHS CHC. To find the details of your ICB, see www.nhs

  5. Age UK briefing - Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill (HL) Report Stage - November 2018.pdf

    scrutiny. It is of particular significance to older people, as Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are most often used in relation to people who lack mental capacity to agree to their residential ... care arrangement. The Joint Committee on Human Rights, amongst others, has stated that the current DoLS system is broken and that urgent action is needed. New analysis suggests for the third year in a row

  6. Emergency budget briefing, September 2022.pdf

    difficulties sourcing appropriate care close to home, funding challenges and long delays in receiving assessments and reviews are now common if not universal experiences of people with care needs. Delayed discharge ... grappling with a major workforce crisis. Figures for 2021/22 show that the assessment for a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS) backlog has grown by 4% to an estimated 124,145 uncompleted cases. Only

  7. Age UK submission to CAT Review - November 2018 (PDF)

    Act, care homes and hospitals have to seek authorisation for a ‘Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard’ (DOLS) if they consider they are already in, or may have to move a person into, more restrictive care of ... this deprives a person of liberty, which is why it is necessary to seek a DOLS under the Mental Capacity Act. 20. The DOLS scheme, set out in the Mental Capacity Act, safeguards against arbitrary detention

  8. CRS_May16_Multimorbidity_clinical_management.pdf

    Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management Consultation on draft guideline – deadline for comments 17.00 on 12/05/2016 email: Multimorbidities@nice.org.uk Please return to: [insert ... tailored approach to care is set at 15 medications. The King’s Fund review of Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management Consultation on draft guideline – deadline for comments 17.00 on 12/05/2016

  9. Age UK Response to Evidence to MCA Select Committee - September 2013 (PDF)

    approach. 1.2. It is vital that the core principle of the presumption of capacity is adhered to when assessments of capacity are being made. Assumptions must not be made about lack of capacity to make a particular ... underutilised. 1.6. It should be viewed as positive that the number of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications is rising, as it shows that more people are being afforded the protections that the

  10. Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty - November 2015 (PDF)

    consent to their care and treatment arrangements. The current Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) have been subject to considerable criticism ever since their introduction. In March 2014 two events ... the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) published a report which, amongst other matters, concluded that the DoLS were not ‘fit for purpose’ and proposed their replacement. A few days later, a Supreme Court judgment

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