On the home page, I explain the Liberty Protection Safeguards proposals from the Law Commission and in a previous post, highlighted the very resent request from the Government, asking for written submissions to the Joint Committee on Human Right’s inquiry on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. In principle, the Liberty Protection Safeguards proposals are a positive step […]
The Government is asking for written submissions to the Joint Committee on Human Right’s inquiry on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. However, you only have until Friday 2nd March 2018 to submit your responses. Submissions should be no more than 1,500 words and they are particularly interested to hear evidence from interested parties on: Whether […]
Today the Government published an interim response to the Law Commission report on Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty. The statement was made by Jackie Doyle-Price, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health. The Government have welcomed the report and it is now being carefully considered. Part of that consideration is to consult various stakeholders to […]
Welcome! My name is Gary and I’m the director of Social Care Dorset, a Health and Social Care training company based in Dorset. As well as providing training services, I practise as a specialist mental capacity assessor for the legal profession and a best interests assessor (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards). I’ve developed this site to […]