- Book yourself/your staff team onto the two-day Ageing Well training via the Provider Hub; it’s free to you and your staff teams.
- Make your organisation stand out and become an expert in the field of ageing with disabilities.
- join the ECC accredited Provider list.
- Share the information within this toolkit widely within your staff teams.
- Have those difficult conversations about topics often avoided, in a kind and sensitive manner.
- Download the relevant tools and support people to start using them.
- Support people to be ready for their reviews to evidence that you are appropriately preparing and working with them to age well.
- Consider what additional training you and your staff may find useful.
- Ageing well with a learning disability: Information for families and carers | Provider Hub | Essex - Familiarise yourself with this version of the Toolkit, put together in collaboration with Essex Carers Network and share it widely with families that you come into contact with.
The Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty
You may be aware that the Supreme Court has recently issued a judgment which significantly changes the legal approach to determining whether a person is deprived of their liberty. The judgement can be seen here A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 o….
We would encourage you to familiarise yourselves with the judgment and carefully consider the implications for your services and practice. Please see the following links for further information: CQC statement on the Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty - Care Quality Commission and 2026-UKSC-16-Summary-for-website.pdf.
We ask that you refer to this updated position when making any new referrals to the DoLS team. In addition, as the change came into effect immediately from 2 June, please review any recent DoLS referrals you have made. You should consider whether, in light of this revised approach, any of these referrals may no longer be appropriate.
We hope this offers reassurance whilst we wait for additional National guidance to be disseminated. At this stage we don’t have further information, but if you have a specific query, you can contact the MCA DoLS Duty Team at Dolforms@essex.gov.uk
