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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How ECC's Essex Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Service (EALTS) can help your business

EALTS is helping to spend apprenticeship levy in Essex which would otherwise have gone unused. Businesses who have an annual pay bill of more than £3million pay an apprenticeship levy. More information can be found on Gov.UK. EALTS allows levy payers to transfer unspent levy to support the apprenticeship training costs for smaller businesses.

Non-levy paying employers can access apprenticeship levy from levy paying organisations in Essex to pay for apprenticeship qualifications for new or existing staff.

 

EALTS website

Access the Essex Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Service website for more information.

Contact

The online system makes the process easy and there is also a dedicated team to support you during this process. Visit the website for further details or contact the team directly at info@essexalts.co.uk

Last updated: 14/10/2024