The Mental Capacity Act started off ?life as a coherent piece of work and ?was doing very nicely when, in April 2009, it was amended and sections 4A and 4B, together with a couple of weighty and ...

A review to address the ‘shameful backlog’ of mental capacity assessments could reduce GP involvement in the process, according to the Government. The consultation into replacing the Deprivation of ...

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A council has been ordered to cut delays in mental capacity assessments after a complaint was upheld by the social care ombudsman. Southampton City Council was found to be at fault after a complaint ...

Two-thirds of councils need to improve on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), an analysis of Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments have found. The finding from the Social Care Institute ...

The government will implement the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), it announced today. It will consult on introducing the LPS, alongside a ...