View source for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Standard Forms

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'''Extract from ADASS website'''

The DoLS project group have been working on new DoLS forms which are now available to download using the links below.  Reducing the forms from 32 to 13 was not an easy task. Some elements of the forms are dictated by regulations and can’t change. Others seem particularly unnecessary. There are some situations still not really covered by a form and these will be addressed in the guidance which will accompany the forms.

The team have added some forms which didn’t previously exist, a “No Deprivation” form in particular. During consultation some people asked why this was necessary. This form has been used in the West Midlands for the last few years and it is very popular with BIA’s and speeds up the process.  There is a new form for a further request for authorisation which is very popular with Managing Authorities. There is also a new form to notify the Coroner of a death.

The forms have had numerous revisions and received a lot of helpful comments from consultation most of which has been incorporated. Some of the comments related more to practice and as such will appear in the guidance to follow.

We are confident that this revision of the forms will play a small part in speeding up the processing of DoLS authorisations without losing necessary quality. 

Lorraine Currie, Project Lead for ADASS

'''External links'''

*{{link|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/deprivation-of-liberty-safeguards-forms-and-guidance|Government website: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards forms and guidance}}

*[[Media:DOLS forms 11 Jan 2015.zip|DOLS forms (11/1/15)]]. These are the forms emailed by the DoLS Forms Project Group on 11/1/15 (without restricted editing and with an amended eligibility section in Form 4).

*[http://www.adass.org.uk/mental-health-Drugs-and-Alcohol/key-documents/New-DoLS-Forms/ ADASS, 'New DOLS forms' (January 2015)]

*[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_089772 Department of Health, 'Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - standard forms' (27/2/09, updated 3/3/11)]. The old forms.

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'''External links'''

*[http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=744&pid=36053 Wales NHS website: Forms and letters] 

*[[:File:Welsh_DOLS_Standard_Forms_and_Letters.pdf|Guidance - Standard forms and letters for the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards]]  - February 2009
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==See also==
[[Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards]]

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