Deprivation of liberty

Adults, Mental Health

Supreme Court ruling triggers sharp rise in deprivation of liberty notifications to CQC

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Adults, Mental Health

NHS failings in cases of three learning disabled people used as catalyst to tackle institutional care

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Government rejects call to scrap Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Deprivation of liberty cases will rise ten-fold due to Supreme Court ruling, say councils

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Adults, Mental Health, Deprivation of liberty

Court eyes ‘streamlined’ deprivation of liberty process to cope with surge in cases

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Supreme Court ruling leaves little room for doubt over deprivations of liberty in care

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Councils urged to train more social workers as best interests assessors following Supreme Court ruling

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

‘All too often dementia in older age leads to professionals disregarding human rights’

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Adults, Workforce, Mental Health

Providers should make many more applications to authorise deprivations of liberty, says CQC

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Adults, Mental Health, Legal

Court of Protection adds weight to social worker evidence in mental capacity assessments

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Adults, Mental Health, Legal

Government urges social workers to reassess cases for deprivations of liberty following Supreme Court ruling

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Adults, Mental Health, Legal

Supreme Court ruling heralds sharp rise in Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards cases

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Adults, Mental Health

Scrap Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to end unlawful detentions of people in care, urge peers

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Adults, Mental Health

Quarter of councils lack enough Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessors, warns CQC

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Outsourcing is "liberating and motivating", says social work professor

Mental Health

Mental health trust failed to safeguard patients from abuse, finds CQC

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Social workers given guidance on improving Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards practice

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