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Managing authority

Definition in Statutory Guidance

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Managing authority

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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice

The person or body with management responsibility for the hospital or care home in which a person is, or may become, deprived of their liberty.

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Definition

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Managing authority

Social Care Institute for Excellence

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SCIE website: DoLS at a glance

The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) can only apply to people who are in a care home or hospital. This includes where there are plans to move a person to a care home or hospital where they may be deprived of their liberty. The care home or hospital is called the managing authority in the DoLS.

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