Disabled people's groups condemn Supreme Court ruling as threat to liberty protections
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Summary
Disabled people's organizations have strongly condemned a recent UK Supreme Court ruling that they say dismantles protections for disabled service-users who cannot consent to restrictions on their liberty. The ruling is feared to open the door for disabled people to be detained in dangerous conditions with reduced scrutiny and without independent oversight, and could allow public bodies to "warehouse" disabled people when proper social care support is deemed too expensive.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledDisabled people’s organisations have strongly condemned last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court, which they say has 'dismantled' the system that protected service-users who are unable to consent to restrictions placed on their liberty.
The ruling has 'opened the door for disabled people to be detained in dangerous conditions with severely reduced scrutiny and without independent oversight'.
It had handed public bodies the legal opportunity to 'warehouse disabled people if proper social care support is too expensive'.
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