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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Current Programme of Training and Events

Training and Events

The Quality Innovation Team's current programme of training and events can be found below;

Residential Care Homes Winter 2026 Programme

Residential Care Homes Spring 2026 Programme

Domiciliary Care Winter 2026 Programme

Domiciliary Care Spring 2026 Programme

Adults with Disabilities April to June 2026 Programme

Adults with Disabilities January to March 2026 Programme

Prosper Programme

Prosper Toolkit

Domiciliary Care Toolkit

All our training and events are fully funded by Essex County Council and are open to Adult Social Care Providers who deliver a service in the Essex County Council Local Authority Area. 

To book or for more information please email quality.innovation@essex.gov.uk 

Last updated: 15/04/2026