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Monitoring the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2014/15
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This is the fifth annual monitoring report on the implementation of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The report focuses on the impact on outcomes for people who lack mental capacity and may be deprived of their liberty, and highlights CQC actions and recommendations for improvement. The report draws on a range of sources, including analysis of a sample of 214 inspection reports of hospitals and care homes inspected in 2014/15 and data on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards notifications received by CQC in 2014/15. Short case studies and good practice examples are included within the report. Key findings show there has been a tenfold rise in Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications from 13,715 in the year ending March 2014 to 137,540 by March 2015 which has also resulted in a backlog in local authority processing of applications. Evidence from CQC inspections also found that providers' use of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards was variable in relation to levels of staff training and awareness and the existence and implementation of policies and processes. Examples where provides may be unlawfully depriving people of their liberty were also identified. (Edited publisher abstract)
Monitoring the use of the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2013/14
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 58
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This is the fifth annual monitoring report on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The report looks back at the first five years of the safeguards implementation and highlights recurring themes; summarises the impact of recent developments such as the House of Lords MCA post-legislative scrutiny committee and Supreme Court judgement; and reviews the use of the safeguards for the year 2013/14. Short case studies and good practice examples are included. Recurring themes identified over the past five years were: low numbers of applications; regional variations in application rates; and variations in practice and training across organisations. The year 2013/14 saw a rise in the number of applications to use the safeguards, with a dramatic rise in Q1 and Q2 of 2014/15. This rapid rise has resulted in a backlog of applications. (Original abstract)