Welsh inspectorate email prompts calls to review Fiennes’s care

A Care Inspectorate Wales email in January said explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes was being deprived of his liberty without an authorised arrangement that reflected his restrictions, prompting renewed calls from family and friends for scrutiny of his care and guardianship. The email, as reported, said he was under continuous supervision and control, could not leave and was unable to consent to his care, treatment or accommodation. The inspectorate reportedly told the Welsh care-home provider that it should make urgent and standard applications under the deprivation of liberty safeguards. The material provided does not establish whether an application was subsequently made or what authorisation, if any, currently governs Fiennes’s care. The Welsh care-home owner said concerns about Fiennes’s welfare and medical arrangements were raised with authorities, including the Office of the Public Guardian. The concerns included a do-not-resuscitate document supplied by Fiennes’s wife, Louise Millington-Cotes, who is described in reports as his legal guardian. The owner also said Millington-Cotes provided medication and instructions for his daily activities.