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Best interests requirement

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Data descriptor
Digitising Social Care Glossary, v0.0.3
Digitising Social Care

https://data.digitalsocialcare.co.uk/browser/dataset?id=49219

Is the best interests requirement met, i.e. it is in the person's best interests to be deprived of their liberty in this care home or hospital for the purpose of giving the proposed care or treatment, it is necessary to prevent harm to that person, and it is proportionate to the risk and seriousness of that harm.

Data descriptor
ASC Collections Data Dictionary (Beta v1.3)
NHS Digital

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/social-care-collection-materials-2022

Is the best interests requirement met, i.e. it is in the person's best interests to be deprived of their liberty in this care home or hospital for the purpose of giving the proposed care or treatment, it is necessary to prevent harm to that person, and it is proportionate to the risk and seriousness of that harm.

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