Following a consultation under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government, the Department of Health has now published some changes to Mental Health Act (1983) Code of
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Bournemouth University’s National Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work (NCPQSW) has had its Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 programme endorsed by The College of Social Work. The programme helps students investigate
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Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) have jointly published the fifth annual report on the use of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in Wales
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The Care Quality Commission today published its fifth annual monitoring report on the implementation of the deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS). These are part of the Mental Capacity Act, and
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A sick 91-year-old retired civil servant who was an RAF gunner during the Second World War is to get £60,000 damages after local authority social services staff moved him to
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The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) process in Wales must be more streamlined and less bureaucratic if it is to be truly effective, a new report commissioned by the Welsh
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The number of safeguarding applications to deprive people of their freedom through the use of techniques such as restraint has soared, new figures show. In the first three months of
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The number of completed Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) applications have risen for the fourth year running, according to new figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). During
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