Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Commons · Question 16208 · Tabled 26 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Sarah Olney
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of uncompleted Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard applications per year since 2009.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 4 Dec 2024
The annual Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Assessments consist of data collected from local authorities in England, who are the supervisory bodies for authorising deprivations of liberty for adults in care homes and hospitals. The aim of this pub...