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DoLS Changes 2026: What the Supreme Court Judgment Means for Care Providers

Daniel ReyBlog, Clinical & Operational Practice

Few areas of health and social care law have generated as much confusion, delay and weary resignation as the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). Providers have been told for years that DoLS will be replaced. Training has been planned, paused and planned again. Meanwhile, applications have continued to rise and many people have waited too long for the safeguards intended …