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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) were introduced to fill an important gap in legislation in protecting those without capacity whose liberty is restricted. They provide authority to restrict movement or detain individuals, but only if necessary in their best interests to prevent them from harm.

There is still a lack of effective obesity treatment options available and current diet and exercise regimes are often unsuccessful for the majority. There is also a paucity of licensed pharmaceutical options available for clinicians to treat obesity with, although new weight loss drugs are emerging.

Alzheimer's Scotland has launched the third National Dementia Strategy for Scotland.

The first UK guideline on the care of adults with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome has been published by the British Society of Rheumatology. The guidelines are accredited by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

A new deal on the breast cancer drug Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) means that it can now be recommended for routine funding on the NHS.

Despite extra funding and plans to spend more on adult social care budgets, more cuts need to be made in the service, according to a survey of 151 adult social services directors in England.

NHS patients in England are getting early access to new drugs for lung cancer and sarcoma, after NICE says they should be available on the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF).

Syncope is a sudden, but brief loss of consciousness caused by inadequate perfusion to the brain. It is typically characterised by a loss of postural tone, and a spontaneous return to baseline neurological function and usually requiring no resuscitative efforts.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects more than 2.4% of the population. AF-related stroke is a major cause of physical and cognitive disability, and mortality. This article summarises the current recommendations and suggested strategies for AF screening.

More than one in five cases of Type 1 diabetes are diagnosed in people aged over 40, according to new figures announced recently at Diabetes UK's annual Diabetes Professional Conference.

Diabetes researchers are using social networking to help them recruit and retain people who have just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, according to a new study.

A new system for making sure inpatients with diabetes get the care they need is improving diabetes healthcare at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, according to findings of a project presented at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference.

There are currently an estimated one million people with diabetes who are at high or increased risk of a diabetes-related foot attack and too many of these people do not understand that delays to treatment could result in amputation, says Diabetes UK recently at their Professional Conference.

NICE has recommended ustekinumab (Stelara) as an option for treating moderate to severe Crohn's disease in adults who have had little or no response, or an intolerance to existing therapies.

Males who are overweight in childhood but achieve normal weight before adulthood have no increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to men who were never overweight, research presented at the 77th American Diabetes Association congress found.