21,600 'Deprivation of Liberty' applications in just three months Posted or Updated on 10 Oct 2014

There have been nearly double the number of ‘deprivation of liberty’ (DoL) applications in England in the first quarter of 2014-15 as in the entire year of 2013-14, figures show. Since 2009, care homes and hospitals have had to seek authorisation from their local authority if they... Read More..