View source for DOLS - Liberty Protection Safeguards

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Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (external link)

Explanatory Notes

A series of guides to explain Liberty Protection Safeguards, Edge, October 2019

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019, NHS Providers, June 2019

LPS: Information sheet for DoLS Best Interests Assessors, Edge, February 2020 (external link)

Liberty Protection Safeguards - Funding issues, Edge, April 2019 (external link)

Liberty Protection Safeguards - Update (external link)

Further LPS resources from Alex Ruck Keene

== History ==
Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty, Law Commission, March 2017

Impact Assessment, March 2017

Government interim response to the Law Commission report on Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty, October 2017

Evidence: The Right to Freedom and Safety, Joint Committee of Human Rights, February 2018  (external link)

Final Government Response to the Law Commission's review of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Mental Capacity, March 2018

The Right to Freedom and Safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, June 2018

Impact Assessment, June 2018

Joint Committee on Human Rights - Legislative Scrutiny: Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, October 2018

Equality Analysis, Department of Health & Social Care, December 2018

Impact Assessment, January 2019

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill: Analysis of 2019 Impact Assessment, March 2019

The Government's Response to The Joint Committee on Human Rights 7th and 12th Reports, April 2019

Letter from Caroline Dinenage, Minister of State for Care re proposed commencement of LPS, June 2019
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