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Chapter 4 - Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: Past, Present and Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2019

By
Susan F. Welsh
Edited by
Rebecca Jacob ,
Michael Gunn  and
Anthony Holland
Rebecca Jacob
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Michael Gunn
Affiliation:
Staffordshire University
Anthony Holland
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Summary

The DoLS framework is contained in Schedule 1A to the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 and applies to all hospitals (general and psychiatric) and care homes (including private care homes) but not to deprivation of liberty in supported living, shared lives, and private and domestic settings. The hospital and care home must apply for authorisation of deprivation of liberty from the ‘supervisory body’ (local authorities in England and in Wales but to the Local Health Board for hospital deprivation of liberty in Wales).

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Mental Capacity Legislation
Principles and Practice
 , pp. 56 - 73
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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