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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Care Worker Surveys

To understand the views of those working in frontline care in the county we commissioned annual surveys of the care market workforce.

In September 2019 ECC conducted its first large scale survey of care workers in Essex, to further understand issues relating to recruitment and retention in adult social care in the county.

The findings, conclusions and recommendations for each year are below.

A third survey was conducted in September 2021. The results are below:

A second survey was conducted in September 2020 and included questions related to Coronavirus. The results are below:

Last updated: 08/08/2024