‘Resource pressures’ behind decision to shelve LPS, says care minister

“Resource pressures” were behind the government’s decision to shelve the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), according to the care minister.
However, Helen Whately said the government remained committed to introducing the LPS to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), in an appearance yesterday before Parliament’s health and social care select committee.
Whately’s appearance, alongside the Department of Health and Social Care’s top civil servant