DoLS applications to local authorities up 11% in year to March 2017

217,235 applications for DoLS assessments were received by local authorities in the year ending  March 2017, an increase of 11 per cent on the previous year.

The figures are published by NHS Digital and derive from a mandatory data collection of all local authorities, for DoLS applications received, processed or considered to be "active" in any way during the 12 month period.

Other key figures highlighted in the report are that 

• The number of DoLS applications that were completed increased by 45 per cent to 151,970 during the same period.
• The reported backlog of cases that were not completed as at year end increased by 7 per cent to 108,545 over the year.

You can read the full report and tables on the NHS Digital site.