Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOL's) - Mental Health Assessor (Doctors S12)

Location

Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire:

Description

This is a notification of award by exception - Local Authorities have primary responsibility as the Supervisory Body under the DoL Safeguards.

Total Quantity or Scope

This is a notification of award by exception - Local Authorities have primary responsibility as the Supervisory Body under the DoL Safeguards. In operational terms this means that Local Authorities (Supervisory Body's) receive requests from Managing Authorities (residential/nursing homes and hospitals) and are required to organise, complete and respond to requests for authorisations within the mandated deadlines under the DoLS regulations. As part of this the Supervisory Body needs to arrange for a qualified assessor to complete relevant assessments. This process is currently arranged via an approved list of appropriately qualified assessors. The Standing List that is currently used to select a Doctor to undertake an assessment is established as follows: To undertake mental health and eligibility assessments, the Doctor must: Be approved under section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983, or a registered medical practitioner with at least three years’ post-registration experience in the diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder Provide evidence they have completed the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards mental health assessor programme, made available by The Royal College of Psychiatrists Undertake annual update training provided by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and provide evidence of this. Join the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) update service which lets applicants keep their DBS certificates up to date online and allows employers to check a certificate online. Have a current registration with the General Medical council. Comply with the Law for the time being in force and in particular will comply with all Equal Opportunities Legislation and anti-discriminatory practices and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in the supply and provision of the Service under this Agreement. Have attended, or would be prepared to attend, the Supervisory Body’s Training Programme. Leicestershire County Council are open to any suitably qualified professionals joining the list at any point during the period that the list is open

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Legal Justification

In the lifetime of the previous Framework we did an engagement event with Doctors to look at introducing a Framework for these Assessments.It was evident that the current cohort of Doctors at that time would not be interested in applying to be on a Framework. Over this period the Government announced changes to the current DOL's BIA assessment process introducing the new LPS standards which where due to introduced in 2020.This has been previously delayed and it is now expected that the new LPS arrangements will be introduced sometime in 2024.The purpose of this exception is to continue under the current arrangement until the guidance is issued for LPS for LCC to understand the new requirements. This current arrangement will end once the Government announce changes to DoLS, and once the details of the new legislation are known, a new procurement can be undertaken. The new procurement may also take place under the Provider Selection Regime, once this legislation goes live and we understand its scope. This legislation may give us further flexibility in terms of how the procurement is undertaken.

Other Information

In operational terms this means that Local Authorities (Supervisory Body's) receive requests from Managing Authorities (residential/nursing homes and hospitals) and are required to organise, complete and respond to requests for authorisations within the mandated deadlines under the DoLS regulations. As part of this the Supervisory Body needs to arrange for a qualified assessor to complete relevant assessments. This process is currently arranged via an approved list of appropriately qualified assessors. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **