DoLS: older people routinely having rights breached because of failure to tackle ‘huge’ backlog, warns charity
Community Care
MARCH 12, 2024
There was a backlog of 126,000 uncompleted cases in England as of 31 March 2023 , up 2% on the total 12 months previously, while completed DoLS applications took an average of 156 days during 2022-23 – over seven times the 21-day statutory timescale. “It seems a waste of resource.”
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