Thursday 22 January 2009

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)

There are a number of documents providing guidance on the implementation of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS), including:

A leaflet providing a brief general introduction to the MCA DOLS and has been specifically designed for care homes and hospitals to help staff understand what the MCA DOLS will mean for them and for their service users

to download the leaflet follow this link:



Draft deprivation of liberty safeguards standard forms  made available  in order to facilitate best practice, training and preparation in advance of April 2009, when the deprivation of liberty safeguards come into effect.

These forms are not to be used for making applications for deprivation of liberty authorisations, since they are not the final version that should be used for operationalising the safeguards procedures.

The forms can be adapted but, if used in unedited form, they help all those involved in the safeguards processes to fully meet the requirements of the deprivation of liberty safeguards legislation.


to download the Draft forms follow this link: 

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_089772

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