Health and social work services

Tender description

The London Borough of Bromley (the Council) invites suitably qualified professionals who can directly deliver the Service to tender for the Services to Support the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Framework Agreement as detailed in the Tender Documents for: Lot 1 Mental Health Assessors, Lot 2 Independent Best Interest Assessors. Please note that this contract has not been awarded as a result of the procurement process being discontinued. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) was introduced as an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to provide a legal framework around the deprivation of liberty. These apply to people in hospitals and care homes and later to people subject to other care regimes in other environments, who lack the capacity to consent to the arrangements made for their care or treatment and who need to be deprived of their liberty, within the meaning of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in their own best interests and to protect them from harm. A full description of the required service can be found in Contract Notice 2016/S 155-280439. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) was introduced as an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to provide a legal framework around the deprivation of liberty. These apply to people in hospitals and care homes and later to people subject to other care regimes in other environments, who lack the capacity to consent to the arrangements made for their care or treatment and who need to be deprived of their liberty, within the meaning of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in their own best interests and to protect them from harm. A full description of the required service can be found in Contract Notice 2016/S 155-280439.