Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards at a glance

Part of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)

Information about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) - an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA).

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS): putting them into practice

Part of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)

This resource describes good practice in the management and implementation of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS; the Safeguards).

Partnership working in child protection

This film for children’s services, health and care staff and social workers, introduces the key issues and developments in child protection. It looks at how hospitals and local authorities can work together more effectively to protect children and identify and reduce the risk of maltreatment.

Partnership working in child protection: improving liaison between acute paediatric and child protection services

Summary of how hospital trusts and councils' social care services can work together to identify and prevent child abuse and maltreatment

Partnership working in child protection: Scunthorpe case study

A short video on how hospital, council and police staff have protected children in Scunthorpe through effective partnership working

Partnership working in child protection: Cardiff case study

In this video for children’s services, health and police, hospital and council staff in Cardiff explain how they are working together to identify potential cases of maltreatment and to protect children.

Partnership working in child protection: improving liaison between acute paediatric and child protection services

Report on how hospital trusts and councils' social care services can work together to identify and prevent child abuse and maltreatment.

Helping you through a hospital stay: advice from older people

This booklet covers all aspects of the hospital stay including how to prepare for the hospital visit, essential things to pack, what to expect from doctors, nurses, social workers and other professionals.

Using qualitative research in systematic reviews: older people's views of hospital discharge

This report is designed to provide a working example of 'qualitative synthesis' (a descriptive synthesis from qualitative studies) in the field of social care, specifically older people's views of hospital discharge. It focuses on older people and hospital discharge because of new policy developments and the existence of a high-quality systematic review that was relevant to the topic