Dudley Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards can take up to 252 days but councillors to be told results are better than previous ...

Severely disabled people could be neglected or harmed if the government succeeds in overturning legal protections for them, charities have warned. The Supreme Court has been hearing arguments this ...

Flintshire Council has seen increases in both adult safeguarding reports and deprivation of liberty safeguards. According to a report, which is to be discussed by the authority's social and health ...

Social workers are divided over the government’s decision to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) with the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), a poll has found. While some believe the ...

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 ...