ADASS DoLS Priority Tool
/media/mc2hbfka/adass-dols-priority-tool-final-2.docxThis tool (latest version 11 April 2024) was developed after Cheshire West, and has been updated to reflect current practice and priorities.
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This tool (latest version 11 April 2024) was developed after Cheshire West, and has been updated to reflect current practice and priorities.
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) procedure is designed to protect the rights of someone where the care or treatment received in a hospital or care home means they are, or may become, deprived of their liberty, and they lack mental capacity to consent to those arrangements. Lorraine Currie, WM ADASS Associate, supports the region's DoLS
September 2025 Download a pdf version of this newsletter Welcome to the second newsletter aimed at those who sign off DoLS authorisations. The intention of this newsletter is to keep DoLS signatories /authorisers up to date with practice changes and case law. An important case on the meaning of Deprivation of Liberty will be heard by the Supreme…
WM-ADASS is keen to to encourage and support individual local authorities in using the Future Thinking process we have developed, and has produced this toolkit to support the work
We aim to have the best regional improvement programme for adult social care in England. We are using challenge, collaboration and intelligence to work across the sector to make things better for our organisations and clients, to seek out innovation and to speak up for the profession. This involves us in: Using networks to share ideas and new ways…
WM ADASS has a long-established Performance and Knowledge Network. The network includes adult social care performance leads from each of our 14 councils along with representation from key data partners. Harnessing the power of data: how social care analysts are using Power BI to make a difference Read the blog by WM-ADASS Associate Ross Bailey, who
WM-ADASS Associate Ross Bailey writes: Data might not be the first thing that comes to mind when we think about adult social care, but behind every decision, service, and policy is a wealth of information waiting to be used. From tracking the demand for services to understanding care outcomes, data plays a crucial role in making sure people get the
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The Data Hub is an interactive, online tool available to managers and decision-makers in WM ADASS councils and their partners. It provides public data on local population needs, the care market, adult social care performance, workforce numbers, pay and conditions, and care expediture of local authorities. Other key information, for example public…
Last month we joined up with @TSA, @Housing LIN and @TLAP to stage the conference My home, my care, my way. Opportunities arising from the social care reform white paper People at the Heart of Care were central to discussions amongst a diverse audience of housing, social care and technology professionals, alongside people with lived experience and
Research: harnessing evidence to transform adult social care In 2020, West Midlands ADASS began an ambitious journey to unlock the power of research in shaping adult social care and supporting people to live “gloriously ordinary” lives. Image from the project Real People - Real Lives Since then, WM ADASS has worked alongside the National Institute…