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Mental Health Act community treatments orders (CTO): focused visits report
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This report looks at how community treatment orders (CTOs) have been used in nine boroughs across London. Introduced as part of the Mental Health Act (MHA) in 2007, CTOs enable people detained under the MHA to be discharged into the community providing they meet certain conditions. This may include, for example, living in a certain place, attending appointments with mental health professionals, or not taking drugs and drinking alcohol. If they don’t comply, they may be recalled to hospital under the MHA. We were concerned that figures around the use of CTOs were not providing an accurate picture, and that CTOs were being used in an overly restrictive way. This report found that there were differing views among professionals, including responsible clinicians and approved mental health professionals (AMHPs), about the added value of CTOs. Some felt they played a key role in preventing long hospital admissions. However, others were unsure about how effective they were in supporting people in the community. There are some fundamental issues around the use of CTOs. While CTOs are more restrictive than life in the community, they are less restrictive than hospital admission and relatives see them as essential to preventing relapse. However, concerns remain, in particular around the disproportionate impact on Black British patients. The government's MHA reform bill sets out proposals for changes to CTOs. While we welcome the proposals for change, we will continue to evaluate whether these reforms will lead to improvements for patients, their families and carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Without prejudice? a thematic inspection of police race relations in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 158p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Without prejudice? A thematic inspection of police race relations in Scotland: a summary of the report findings
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Inspection of community care services for black and minority ethnic older people: London Borough of Hounslow; January 1997
- Authors:
- O'HAGAN Gerald, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. London West I
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inspection of community care services for black and minority ethnic older people in the London Borough of Hackney: 20 - 31 January 1997
- Authors:
- GAZDAR Claire, COOMBE Viv, MATIN Haji
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. London East I
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outcomes for young adults in custody: a thematic review by HM Inspectorate of Prisons
- Author:
- HM INSPECTORATE OF PRISONS
- Publisher:
- HM Inspectorate of Prisons
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- London
This thematic review brings together findings from recent inspections on the treatment of, and conditions for, young adults, both in dedicated young adult establishments and in establishments where young adults are held with older adults; analyses HMPPS monitoring data, to identify any areas of prison life where young adults are over-represented; and explores what is being done by HMPPS, both at an establishment level and a national level, to make sure the specific needs of young adults are met within prisons. The report finds that there was no national strategy for young adults. Instead, provision in individual establishments relied largely on the commitment of individuals doing what they could with little resource. Young adults were placed haphazardly in a range of different types of establishment without considering their needs. With little provision or resource, the opportunity for custody to provide this group with structure and purpose while they matured was missed. Consequently, the outcomes for young adults were worse than for older prisoners (those aged over 25). Most young adults did not receive any specific provision and instead of being motivated to attend education, training and offending behaviour programmes too many disengaged with provision designed for older prisoners and spent long periods of time locked in their cells. The poor provision for young adults disproportionately affected prisoners from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, who were particularly overrepresented in the young adult population. The report calls on Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service to develop and resource a national strategy to meet the needs of young adult prisoners. (Edited publisher abstract)
Modernising mental health services: inspection of mental health services
- Author:
- BIRTWISLE Tim
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 66p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a national inspection of mental health services carried out between June 2000 and September 2001, in the earlier stages of the implementation of the government's policies to modernise both social services and mental health services. The report is based on inspections of nineteen local authorities and describes how far councils have begun to respond to the new agenda. It focuses on how well the services users, particularly those from black and minority ethnic communities, are served and how far councils have planned effectively to ensure that mental health services were safe, sound and supportive.
Inspection of community care services for black and minority ethnic older people: Nottinghamshire; February 1997
- Authors:
- RANDHAWA Meena, BEAVER Dick, TUCKER Barbara
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. Central Inspe
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2021/22
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 84
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out CQC's activity and findings from our engagement with people subject to the MHA and review of services registered to assess, treat and care for people detained using the MHA during 2021/22. The Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) is the legal framework that provides authority for hospitals to detain and treat people who have a mental illness and need protection for their own health or safety, or the safety of other people. The MHA also provides more limited community-based powers, community treatment orders and guardianship. Key messages include: workforce issues and staff shortages mean that people are not getting the level or quality of care they have a right to expect, and the safety of patients and staff is being put at risk; gaps in community mental health care are compounding the rising demand on inpatient services, with delays in admission, transfer and discharge; urgent action is needed to tackle the over-representation of people from some ethnic minority groups and, in particular, the over-representation of Black people on community treatment orders; the quality of ward environments is an ongoing concern, with many inpatient environments in need of immediate update and repair; despite the challenges facing services, we have seen examples of good practice around advance planning and applying the principle of least restriction. (Edited publisher abstract)
A different ending: addressing inequalities in end of life care: people from Black and minority ethnic communities
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This document outlines the experience of people from Black and minority ethnic communities of barriers to good end of life care. The report is one of a suite of documents reporting on the Care Quality Commission end of life care thematic review, and is designed to be read in conjunction with the other documents. Existing evidence suggests that BME groups may have more unmet end of life care needs than people from white backgrounds, and experience a number of barriers to accessing good and personalised care. The findings of the CQC review support the existing evidence and suggest that barriers include a lack of understanding, knowledge and information about end of life care, lack of religious and cultural sensitivity, language barriers, and poor communication. The Care Quality Commission encourages commissioners and providers to engage proactively with the whole of their local community, including BME groups, to better understand and meet people’s needs and to raise awareness of palliative and end of life care within different communities; and to ensure that access to interpreters is available when needed to people who are approaching the end of life and those who are important to them. (Edited publisher abstract)