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Figure 11:9 Percentage change for 18+ receiving residential services 2015-2030
Source:Daffodil Cymru
Figure 11:10 Admissions to Psychiatric Inpatient services
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012
Hywel Dda 165 156 164 133 UHB Psychiatric
Inpatient
Admissions
Source: NHS Informatics Service, 2016
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
2013 2014 2015 2016
132 119 114 123
Any one of us at some point in our lives may lose our mental capacity. This is more likely as we get older and for many mean receiving care and support in an environment where there are restrictions or deprivations of liberty.
Capacity Act (MCA) Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (Dols) provides a legal framework to protect vulnerable adults, who may become, or are being deprived of their liberty in a care home or hospital setting.
These safeguards are for people who lack capacity to decide where they need to reside to receive treatment and / or care and need to be deprived of their liberty, in their best interests, otherwise than under the Mental Health Act 1983 (MCA Code of Practice). The safeguards came into force in Wales and England on the 1st April 2009. Following the Supreme Court judgement on the Cheshire West case of March 2014, the number of people who should be considered under the Safeguards has increased dramatically. This has placed increasing burdens on local authorities and health and social care practitioners administering the Dols. For example prior to the Cheshire West judge- ment Ceredigion received approximately 10 Dols requests a year. In 2015/16 requests increased to 421.
The following table shows the number of DOLS requests and the waiting list for DOLS in each county.
West Wales Population Assessment March 2017 Mental health