Martin Ford 08 March 2024

Deprivation of Liberty backlog 'may never be eradicated'

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A report has called for councils to get more resources to tackle the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) backlog.

The report by the charity Age UK found the number of cases awaiting authorisation had remained at more than 100,000 since 2015-16 and was ‘so big it will probably never be eradicated’.

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