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Giving a ‘voice’ to those who cannot express their ‘needs’ |
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill was introduced to the House of Lords on Tuesday 3 July 2018 and seeks to replace the current system known as ‘Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards’ (DoLs). The new law seeks to protect the rights of people who do not have the mental capacity to make decisions about their care and to reduce the burden on local authorities. DoLs is an assessment currently carried out on people who do not have the mental capacity to make their own decisions about their care, for example because they are living with dementia. It was criticised by a 2017 Law Commission review for being too complex and bureaucratic. The government has now developed a new system, known as ‘Liberty Protection Safeguards’, which will become law through the bill. |
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DHSC: New law introduced to protect vulnerable people in care LGA responds to reforms to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Not all ‘incarceration’ is the result of criminal acts Personal liberty is a right for everyone not convicted of a crime (& currently serving a sentence) |