Best Interest Assessors Refresher

Topic

National DoLS statistics

Mental Capacity Assessment – Challenging your knowledge on

Section 1-3 Mental Capacity Act 2005 – What the Law actually says, and what we do.

Reinforcing the LBX Principles in the assessment of accommodation and care

Recent case law on use or weigh

Fundamentals of deprivation of liberty – case law

Legal Update

• Court of Protection – Role of BIAs
• Case Law – Vaccination  and DoLS – Capacity, Best Interest and Vaccination
• DoLS appeals – case law
• Ombudsman ruling and Social Work England ruling
• Representatives: the role of the BIA – case law
• Community DoL applications – case law
• 16-17 year olds and deprivation of liberty – Supreme Court ruling
• Self-neglect and assessing mental capacity – case
• Liberty Protection Safeguards – overview
• DoLS > LPS – what is changing