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Tag Archives: Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA)
Updates to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (SCIE Social Care Online / Department of Health)
Summary This Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) “At a Glance” document summarises the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and their use, particularly in the light of a recent Supreme Court Judgement (March 2014). The Supreme Court judgment (March 2014) … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Wales
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Safeguarding, Assessors and Authorisers (DoLS), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Best Interest Assessors, Care Home Managers, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Care Providers, CCG Legal Duty, CCGs, Chemical Restraint, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Court of Protection, CQC Statutory Notification: Application to Deprive Person of Their Liberty (and Outcome), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Deprivation of Liberty Without Authorisation, DoLS in Hospitals, Elderly Human Rights, English Local Authorities, General Hospitals, Human Rights, Human Rights Act (HRA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), Judgment of the Supreme Court: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Assessments, Nursing Homes, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Protecting Vulnerable People, Residential Care Homes, Restraint, Restraint and Restrictions, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restriction, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Older People, Safeguarding Teams, Severe Learning Disabilities, Situations Where DoLS Cannot be Used, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Standard Capacity Test, Supervision, Supervisory Bodies, Supreme Court Judgment (March 2015) on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Urgent Authorisations, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People
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Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 2013-14 Report (HSCIC / BBC News)
Summary This statistical report summarises scrutiny of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, with a focus on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) data, covering the period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014. 13,000 DoLS applications were completed during 2013-14 in … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care Data Collections, Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP), Authorised Deprivations of Liberty, BBC Wales, Best Interest Assessors, Best Interests of Patients, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham City University, Community Care, Constant Supervision, Councils, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS Application Process, DoLS Applications, Elderly Human Rights, Granted DoLS Applications, Health and Social Care Information Centre (Adult Social Care Statistics Team: Community and Mental Health Team), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HSCIC (Adult Social Care Statistics Team: Community and Mental Health Team), Human Rights, Human Rights Culture, LGA's Community Wellbeing Board, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity and Best Interests, Mental Health Assessor (MHA), Mental Health Assessors, Not Granted DoLS Applications, Openness and Transparency, Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Protecting Vulnerable People, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Supreme Court, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People, Zero Based Review of Adult Social Care Data Collections
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Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report on the Mental Capacity Act (Ministry of Justice / Department of Health / JCN)
Summary The government, with partners, has considered the recommendations made by the House of Lords. This response report defines a system-wide programme planned for 2014 to 2015 (and beyond) on improving implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Full Text … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Access to Court, Adult Safeguarding, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Assessment of Needs, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Association of Public Authority Deputies (APAD), Awareness and Understanding, Best Interest Assessor (BIA), Best Interests, Care Act 2014, Care and Support Planning, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013, Closing the Gap, Closing the Gap: Priorities for Essential Change in Mental Health, Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, Core Principles (Mental Capacity Act 2005), Court of Protection, Criminal Law, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Elderly Human Rights, Empowerment, England and Wales Court of Appeal, English Local Authorities, European Convention on Human Rights, Five Principles of the Mental Capacity Act, Hard Truths, House of Lords, House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Human Rights, Human Rights Culture, Human Rights in Care Homes, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), Information and Advice, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Powers of Attorney, Least Restrictive Option, Least Restrictive Practice, Legal Aid, Legal Aid: Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), Local Authorities, Local Government Association: LGA, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mediation, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act Steering Group, Mental Capacity Act Training, Mental Capacity Act: Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report, Mental Capacity Advisory Board, Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Act 2007, Ministry of Justice, National Governance, Neglect, Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Office of the Public Guardian, Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), OPG: Office of the Public Guardian, Oversight and Monitoring, Parliament, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Post‐Diagnosis Support, Post‐Diagnosis Support Working Group, Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professional Training and Awareness, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Protecting Vulnerable People, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Relevant Person‘s Representative (RPR), Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Restriction, Restrictive Practices, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Simon Hughes MP, Simon Hughes MP: Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties, Simon Hughes: Ministry of Justice, Transforming Care, Transparency, UK Government Dementia Awareness Campaign, UK Parliament, Unannounced Hospital Inspections, United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR (United Nations 1948), Unwise Decisions, Valuing Every Voice Respecting Every Right, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People, Winterbourne View
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Reducing Poor Language Skills Among Care Workers (BBC News)
Summary A government advisor has recommended that recruitment agencies should ensure care workers can speak English to a minimum acceptable standard before placing them in the homes of vulnerable people. Similar restrictions would presumably apply to the recruitment and selection … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care Workers, BBC Health News, Care Agencies, Care and Communication, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Workers, Care Workers With Poor Language Skills, Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication Support, Dr Shereen Hussein: Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Good Communication, HCAs, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Home Care Workers, Kings College London, Language Skills, Management of HCAs, Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants, NHS Workforce, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Auxiliaries, Overall Quality of NHS Hospitals, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Poor Communication, Poor Language Skills Among Care Workers, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality of Care, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Recruitment Agencies, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Social and Professional Status (of Elderly Care Workers), Social Care Support Workers, Social Care Workforce, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, UK Home Care Association, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People
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Certificate of Fundamental Care for Health Care Assistants (BBC News)
Summary The BBC has revealed that new care workers will be required to attain a training certificate within 12 weeks of starting their first job. This follows recommendations made in the independent Cavendish report, which reviewed inconsistencies in training throughout … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Acute Hospital Care, BBC Health News, Camilla Cavendish, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Care Quality, Care Support, Career Ladder, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, Common Induction Standards (CIS), Compassionate Care, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Awareness, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dismissal of Unsatisfactory Staff, Education, Education and Training, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Engagement and Support (HCAs), General Hospital Care, HCAs, HCAs as Part of Nursing Team: Not a Separate Tribe, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Home Care Workers, Management of HCAs, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants, Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, Modernisation of the Nursing Workforce, Modernization of the Nursing Workforce: Valuing the Healthcare Assistant, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, NHS Career Framework, NHS Workforce, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Auxiliaries, Overall Quality of NHS Hospitals, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality of Care, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Social Care Support Workers, Social Care Workforce, Status of Caring in Health and Social Care, Supervising and Leading HCAs, Support Workers in Social Care, Transforming General Hospital Care, Underappreciated, Underpaid, Valuing the Healthcare Assistants, Vulnerable Adults, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (BBC News / House of Lords Select Committee)
Summary The House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 has found that safeguards introduced to protect vulnerable patients are not working, and that possibly tens of thousands of vulnerable adults may be being deprived of their … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, ADASS West Midlands Regional DoLS Leads Group, Adult Safeguarding, Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT), Awareness and Understanding, BBC Health News, Best Interest Assessor (BIA), Best Interests, British Association of Social Workers, British Institute of Human Rights, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CIPOLD Study, Confidential Inquiry into the Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities (CIPOLD), Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, Core Principles, Court of Protection, Criminal Law Provisions, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Elderly Human Rights, England and Wales Court of Appeal, English Local Authorities, European Convention on Human Rights, House of Lords, House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Human Rights, Human Rights Culture, Human Rights in Care Homes, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA), Irwin Mitchell LLP, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Powers of Attorney, Least Restrictive Option, Legal Aid, Local Authorities, London Borough of Hillingdon, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mediation, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Act 2007, Neglect, Office of the Public Guardian, Parliament, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Poor Implementation, Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Protecting Vulnerable People, Relevant Person‘s Representative (RPR), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT), Tameside General Hospital, Transparency, UK Parliament, Unannounced Hospital Inspections, United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR (United Nations 1948), Unwise Decisions, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People, Winterbourne View Hospital
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Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England: 2012-13. Experimental Statistics (Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Summary This report contains statistical summary information about alerts and referrals to adult social care safeguarding teams in England, based on the Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA) data collection for the period 2012-13. Read more: Health & Social Care Information Centre. Full … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Action on Elder Abuse, Adult Safeguarding Referrals, Adult Social Care, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England, East Midlands, England, Experimental Statistics, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, National Adult Social Care Intelligence Service (NASCIS), NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (IC), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding in the NHS, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Older People, Vulnerable Adults, West Midlands
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Monitoring the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS): Annual Report (Care Quality Commission)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s fourth report into how the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards have been applied – during 2012/13 – mentions concern that the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is not understood or implemented consistently across health and social … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Safeguarding, Assessors and Authorisers (DoLS), BBC Health News, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission, CCG Legal Duty, CCGs, CCQ, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), CQC Hospital Inspections, Deprivation of Liberty Applications, Deprivation of Liberty Authorisation Rates, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, English Local Authorities, General Hospitals, Hospital Inspections, IMCAs and Safeguarding, Independent Hospitals, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Local Authorities, Local Authority and Social Care, Local Authority Scrutiny Functions, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Act Commissioners, Mental Health Assessments, NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (IC), Nursing Homes, Protecting Vulnerable People, Provider Regulation, Raising Standards, Raising Standards: Putting People First (CQC), Regulation, Residential Care Homes, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding and Medicines, Safeguarding in the NHS, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Older People, Safeguarding Teams, Supervisory Bodies, Tameside General Hospital, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People
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