If you are a care home or a hospital and there is an urgent need to deprive a person of their liberty to prevent them from harm, you should complete Form 1. This is an Urgent Authorisation and must always be accompanied by a Standard Authorisation Request on the same form. For an Urgent DoLS Authorisation, complete all pages on the form. This grants authorisation for up to 7 days. You must also provide any other relevant information (such as care plans), which should be emailed to dols@enfield.gov.uk with your signed forms.
For a Standard DoLS Authorisation Request, you should leave pages 6 and 7 blank. A Standard Authorisation request is necessary if a person needs to be deprived of their liberty in the next 28 days.
Care homes and hospitals must regularly check if the deprivation of liberty is still needed, and a request for a DoLS Review must be made if there is a change in the person's situation. The authorisation may need to be altered, suspended or terminated. Use Form 10 to request a DoLS review.
Care homes and hospitals must notify the Care Quality Commission when they have sought a DoLS for someone in their care. They should also notify the coroner if someone subject to a DoLS dies.
For more information, see our guide for hospitals and care homes.