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

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Adults with Disabilities

Our Adults with Disabilities programme is for providers of learning disability registered services and includes a series of information sessions aimed at care & support staff to be better equipped to manage some of the complex issues they face on a day-to-day basis.

The Quality Innovation Adults with Disabilities programme has included;

  • Age Well Programme
  • Dementia in Adults with a Learning Disability and or Autism
  • Positive Behaviour Support at an informed level
  • Functional Behaviour Assessment
  • Positive Behaviour Support at an Equipped Level
  • Introduction to Inclusive Communication
  • Epilepsy & Buccal Midazolam Awareness
  • Sepsis Awareness
  • Dysphagia Awareness
  • Aspirational Pneumonia Prevention Event
  • MCA & DOLS
  • Defensive Documentation
  • Acquired Brain injury awareness (Please remove)
  • Motor Neurone Disease awareness (Please remove)
  • Parkinson’s Awareness
  • Autism Reality Experience
  • Dementia Reality Experience
  • Diabetes awareness sessions
  • Intellectual disabilities and mental health awareness sessions
  • Oral Healthcare
  • Nutrition and Hydration
  • Makaton
  • PICA, ARFID & Polydipsia
  • Peg/Enteral feeding
  • Acquired brain injury & Associated Neurological Conditions (Motor Neurone Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy)
  • Learning Disability Associated Conditions (Prader Willi, Fragile X, Turner Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome)
  • End of Life with Essex Hospices
  • This Is Me: Making Memories
  • Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking across the Care Sector with Essex Police
  • Oliver McGowan Tier 2
  • Mental Health First Aid

Blood Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyp_myNGWhw  

Dentist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clmkwuGW6jE 

Ambulance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qV2GajM12U 

Dates, venues and booking details are uploaded on the Events page as they become available.

If you are a learning disability registered provider in the Essex County Council Local Authority area and are interested in any of the above sessions please email quality.innovation@essex.gov.uk 

Last updated: 10/09/2025