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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

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From:

NE Lincolnshire Council: Social Care Handbook

Focus Adult Social Work

Safeguards under the Mental Capacity Act (2005) that aim to protect people in care homes and hospitals from being inappropriately deprived of their liberty.

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