Labour bid to scrap DoLS replacement bill fails as legislation passes first Commons stage.
A Labour bid to scrap legislation to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) failed this month as the bill passed its first stage in the House of Commons.
The opposition had tried to get the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill thrown out on the grounds that it would not put the interests of service users first, would create conflicts of interest for independent health and social care providers, would not reduce the substantial backlog in deprivation of liberty cases and would not address the interface between the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983.
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