If the Managing authority (care home or hospital) feel they may be depriving someone of their liberty they have a duty to contact the Supervisory Boby to request a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS)
The purpose of the Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) service is to provide specialist, independent paid representative service to people under authorisation covered by the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 2009.
During a DoLS authorisation, the RPR will:
- visit the person regularly to ask their views and wishes
- support the person to understand their situation and rights under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- check that the care setting is keeping to any conditions of the authorisation
- as far as possible, help the person to understand their authorisation and how it affects them
- as far as possible, support the person to exercise their rights if they want to do that
- If necessary, an RPR can request a review of the authorisation or support the person to make an application to the Court of Protection to get the authorisation changed or ended.
If necessary, an RPR can request a review of the authorisation or support the person to make an application to the Court of Protection to get the authorisation changed or ended.
Even when someone can’t tell their RPR what they want, the RPR will use a range of approaches to establish their views and wishes as far as possible and secure their rights.
Summary-
Care homes or hospitals must request a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS) if they may be depriving someone of liberty. The RPR service offers independent representation for those under DoLS.
