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Overview of the Liberty Protection Safeguards: Frequently Asked Questions
June 25, 2019
When will we have to start using the LPS instead of DoLS? The government hasn’t yet decided on that, though it is likely to be spring or autumn 2020; we’ll…
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Liberty Protection Safeguards: What will they mean for Adult Social Care?
May 28, 2019
 The liberty protection safeguards (LPS) have now finished their parliamentary journey, and at last we can see what the framework will look like that will replace DoLS. As it…
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Useful Guidance on Relationships, Sexuality & Mental Capacity
March 12, 2019
CQC has brought out new guidance for inspectors and providers of adult social care. The guidelines are a useful introduction to a range of topics that some of us…
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Human rights in care settings: what matters to people?
January 29, 2019
Not long ago I judged the National Dementia Awards, which were sponsored by QCS. It was such a privilege to meet people working in care who were ‘getting it…
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Jimmy’s story: ‘Best Interests’ unpacked
October 9, 2018
I’ve come across a situation recently that I want to share with you. This particular situation concerned someone living with dementia, but the principles that come out of the…
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Plans to replace DoLS: what do we know so far?
September 25, 2018
I don’t want you all to worry too much about the plans to replace the deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) with a new framework. Nothing is yet clear enough…
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Supporting people to make their own decisions
August 13, 2018
Central to the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) are its principles. Firstly, we must never assume people can’t decide how to live their lives unless there’s evidence that they lack…
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Restraint and Deprivation of Liberty: Top five things you need to know!
June 11, 2018
Recently I gave you five ‘Top Tips’ on the framework of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA). Here, as promised, are a further five top tips: about what health and social…
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