Liberty tactics: On the rise of ‘deprivation of liberty safeguards’
Image © Grace Currie and Helter Skelter Ltd Last year, local authorities in England and Wales received 316,633 applications to authorise deprivation of liberty in connection with care arrangements made by others in the ‘best interests’ of people considered to lack ‘mental capacity’ under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). To put this number in…