Last week, I carried out a Best Interests Assessment for a man whom I had first assessed six months ago.   In fact, he was the first person I had assessed under the new Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. I had, at that point, recommended that the Deprivation of Liberty that he was experiencing in the care [...]

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Posted 22 Sep 2009 6:43 AM by Fighting Monsters | Report Abuse

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