Wednesday 23 January 2019

Vulnerable dementia patients could be locked up for three years without review under ‘rushed’ government reform

Vulnerable dementia patients could be locked up for three years without review under ‘rushed’ government reform People with mental health conditions, learning disabilities and dementia could be locked away for as long as three years without a review under “rushed” reforms put forward by the government.

Charities have expressed dismay at changes to deprivation of liberty safeguards, used to ensure people without capacity to consent to their care are not detained inappropriately.

They warn the measures would create “worrying conflicts of interest” by giving care home operators a greater role in the reviews and assessing whether their paying residents are receiving good care. The Independent

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