Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessments (England), Biannual Datasets (2010/11)

DoLS were introduced in April 2009 as an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (“The Act”). The Safeguards provide a framework for approving the deprivation of liberty for people who lack the capacity to consent to treatment or care in either a hospital or care home that, in their own best interests, can only be provided in circumstances that amount to a deprivation of liberty. The safeguards legislation provides for an assessment process that must be undertaken before deprivation of liberty may be authorised .

These statistics provide official information about authorisation requests under The Act to deprive adults of their liberty and the outcome of such assessments. The DoLS collection is a statutory collection. All 151 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and 152 Local Authorities (LAs) in England are required to submit a return even if they are only submitting a nil return to inform of no use of the safeguards.

死亡登记法（DoLS）于2009年4月作为2005年《精神能力法案》（“该法案”）的修正案被引入。保障措施为批准对缺乏同意治疗或护理能力的人员剥夺其自由提供了一套框架，这些人员在其自身最大利益下，只有在等同于剥夺自由的情况下才能获得这些治疗或护理。保障措施立法规定了在授权剥夺自由之前必须进行的评估程序。这些统计数据提供了关于根据该法案授权剥夺成年人自由以及此类评估结果的国家官方信息。DoLS 收集是一项法定收集工作。英格兰的所有151个初级卫生保健信托（PCT）和152个地方当局（LA）均需提交报告，即使他们仅提交空白报告以告知未使用保障措施。