Liberty Protection Safeguards
Liberty Protection Safeguards Transition Consultancy
Capacity, liberty and governance readiness for the planned move from DoLS, built on the Mental Capacity Act practice your organisation already relies on.
The challenge
A change in how liberty is authorised
The planned replacement of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) with the Liberty Protection Safeguards will change how care providers, NHS trusts and local authorities authorise deprivations of liberty.
The reforms have been delayed more than once and remain pending. That uncertainty makes it tempting to wait. Organisations that do wait are likely to face the LPS transition with stretched teams, untested policies and caseloads that have not been reviewed.
The legal scheme may change. The need for sound capacity assessment, clear records and accountable governance will not.
Scope of the work
What LPS transition consultancy covers
Readiness work is delivered through the Integrated Complex Care Model™, connecting governance oversight to the capacity and liberty decisions practitioners make every day.
Governance and policy readiness
Reviewing how liberty decisions are overseen, recorded and reported, and where policies will need to change.
Roles and responsibilities
Clarifying who in your organisation will hold which responsibilities under the planned scheme, and what they will need.
Existing caseload review
Understanding your current DoLS caseload, its quality and where records would not stand up to a new process.
Mapping DoLS practice to new duties
Identifying which parts of current practice carry across and where the planned duties will ask more of your teams.
PMH does not provide legal advice and works alongside your legal team.
Who we work with
Who this is for
Local authorities
Supervisory bodies carrying current DoLS responsibilities, including backlogs, that will need to move onto a new process.
NHS trusts and ICBs
Health bodies preparing for liberty responsibilities that the planned scheme is expected to extend across hospital and community care.
Care providers and care home groups
Providers who need confidence that restrictions are lawful, recorded well and ready for whatever process follows DoLS.
Readiness
Why prepare now
Whatever the final timetable, the foundations of any liberty safeguards scheme are the same: capacity assessments that are specific and well reasoned, best-interest decisions that are clearly recorded, and governance that knows where restrictions are in place.
Strengthening those foundations improves DoLS practice today and shortens the distance to any new scheme. Preparation is not wasted, and it can be planned at a steady pace rather than under deadline pressure.
LPS transition
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