Legislation, statutory or legal guidance
Changes to the definition of deprivation of liberty
Guidance on changes to deprivation of liberty definition following Supreme Court judgment.
mental health lawdeprivation of libertyhealthcare policy
About this document
- Organisation
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Source
- GOV.UK — publications in the Mental health topic
- Published
- June 2026
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Context
- Source document
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 — contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
- Access level
- Public
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