Guidance

Liberty Protection Safeguards factsheets

Information about Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS).

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 27 November 2020
• Last updated: 3 August 2021
  Show all updates

  1. 3 August 2021

     Added the factsheet: 'Liberty Protection Safeguards: young people and Responsible Bodies'.

  2. 11 June 2021

     Added 6 Liberty Protection Safeguards factsheets: 1. criteria for authorisation; 2. the appropriate person and independent mental capacity advocates; 3. the approved mental capacity professional role; 4. deprivation of liberty and authorisation of steps necessary for life-sustaining treatment or vital acts (section 4b); 5. authorisations, renewals and reviews; 6. the right to challenge an authorisation in court.

  3. 26 January 2021

     Added document 'Liberty Protection Safeguards: settings and Responsible Bodies'.

  4. 30 November 2020

     Added another factsheet attachment: 'Liberty Protection Safeguards: overview of the process'.

  5. 27 November 2020

     First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Liberty Protection Safeguards: what they are

HTML

Liberty Protection Safeguards: overview of the process

HTML

Liberty Protection Safeguards: settings and Responsible Bodies

HTML

Liberty Protection Safeguards: young people and Responsible Bodies

HTML

Liberty Protection Safeguards: criteria for authorisation

HTML

Liberty Protection Safeguards: the appropriate person and independent mental capacity advocates

HTML

Liberty Protection Safeguards: the approved mental capacity professional role

HTML

Liberty Protection Safeguards: deprivation of liberty and authorisation of steps necessary for life-sustaining treatment or vital acts (section 4b)

HTML

Liberty Protection Safeguards: authorisations, renewals and reviews

HTML

Liberty Protection Safeguards: the right to challenge an authorisation in court

HTML

Details

Information about the LPS system, which will be replacing the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).

DoLS is the system used to authorise the care or treatment arrangements of an individual who lacks mental capacity to consent to their arrangements. These safeguards apply when a person is ‘deprived of their liberty’ in a care home or hospital, in England or Wales.

More factsheets will be added.