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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Domiciliary Care Programme

Our Domiciliary Care programme includes a series of information sessions aimed at supporting care staff to be better equipped to manage some of the complex issues they face on a day to day basis.

Our offer is constantly evolving and changing depending on the needs of the sector, our current offer can be found in our Current Programme of Training

The Quality Innovation programme has included ;

  • Person Centred Dementia Care
  • Dementia Interpreter
  • Behaviours that Challenge
  • Parkinson's awareness
  • Oral Healthcare
  • Catheter Care Management
  • Pressure Ulcer Care
  • Stoma Care
  • Sepsis
  • Stroke awareness
  • Manual Handling of Bariatrics
  • Infection Control
  • Diabetes
  • Mental Health
  • End of Life Hospice Training 
  • My Home Life Leadership programme for Domiciliary Care
  • Complex Needs and Neurological Conditions
  • Manual Handling Train the Trainer
  • Dignity in Care
  • Care planning 

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

Domiciliary Care Toolkit- with resources and links to online training

If you are a Domiciliary Care Agency providing a service in the Essex County Council Local Authority area and would like to be added to our distribution list for invites to training and events and receive our bi-monthly newsletter please email quality.innovation@essex.gov.uk 

Last updated: 10/09/2025