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- Country: United Kingdom
- Summary: Provision of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (Dols) Assessments
- GBT Ref No: 110853121
- Deadline: 03 Jan 2025
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Public
- Tender Value: 1323000
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: MEDWAY001-DN751767-19096350
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Medway Council is seeking a single provider for the provision of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) assessments. The purpose of this service is to organise, complete and return the assessments, required for DoLS under the Mental Capacity Act (2014. These assessments must be carried out by a Section 12 registered doctor and returned to the Council within a set timeframe.
By way of background, the Mental Capacity Act (2005) is amended by the 2007 amendments to the Mental Health Act (1983) to include the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), implemented on 1 April 2009. The safeguards provide legal protection for vulnerable people who are, or may become, deprived of their liberty in a hospital or care home. They apply to people who have a mental disorder and who are assessed as lacking capacity to consent to the arrangements made for their residence, care or treatment. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards require hospitals and care homes (Managing Authorities) to apply to the Supervisory Body (in this case, Medway Council) for an authorisation to deprive the relevant person of their liberty. Before an authorisation is issued, the Supervisory Body must ensure that six assessments are completed. The assessments are undertaken by a Best Interests Assessor for DoLS (BIA) and a Section 12 mental health approved DoLS trained doctor as follows:
The six assessments, and the person responsible for completing each assessment, are as follows:
1. Age (The relevant p... - Documents :
Purchaser : MEDWAY COUNCIL
Medway Council Gun Wharf, Dock Road Chatham ME4 4TR England
Contact Person : James Welch
Email :james.welch@medway.gov.uk
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