When an older person is admitted / detained under section 2 and is subsequently placed under a DOLS Authorisation AND is still being treated within the Ward environment (medication, observation PRN and restrictions) is this appropriate? Is detention under Section 3 more appropriate ? Thereby enabl…

In this scenario where an older person is still being treated on a ward with medication, PRN, and restrictions a Section 3 MHA is likely more appropriate than DoLS. This ensures legal clarity, access to aftercare under Section 117, and stronger patient rights. Courts have clarified that MHA takes pr…

If the patient is objecting to (or resisting) mental health treatment in a mental hospital, they are not eligible for DOLS and should be detained under the mental health act. The Safeguards cannot be used as the mechanism for protecting the rights of a person if: the person objects to being in th…

Section 3 after gives access to section 117 therefore care is funded with LA limits post section I have found dols variable dependent on assessor And my husbands first nursing home ignored it when we wanted a night away which dols stipulated we could they refused His current nursing home works wi…

[image] Carys Phillips: When an older person is admitted / detained under section 2 and is subsequently placed under a DOLS Authorisation… This is an unusual scenario but - who knows - could be happening every day. Nobody would care anyway. It would be important to examine the clinico-legal …

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