The Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards (DoLs) go ‘live’ in  just over a week now. These were a part of the amended Mental Capacity Act (2005) which establish a legal framework by which someone who lacks capacity may be ‘deprived of their liberty’ if it is assessed to be in their best interests and according to [...]

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