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Patients will pay for government cherry-picking
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.11.99, 1999, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's Green Paper to shake up mental health legislation was supposedly based on the review of the Mental Health Act 1983 by an expert committee, but, asks the author, have ministers ignored its central thrust?
Dangerous assumptions
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.2.01, 2001, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government is moving to close a loophole in the law that allows 'dangerous' people with 'untreatable' personality disorders to remain in the community. Reports on how mental health groups claim this could result in many harmless people losing their liberty.
Compulsion fears stall support for white paper
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.1.01, 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Government plans to reform mental health legislation have been given a mixed reception. This article argues that support for measures to rationalise how services deal with different client groups have been tempered by concern from practitioners and service users about the question of compulsory treatment.
Listen and learn
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.11.00 Quality Protects Supplement, 2000, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The involvement of children in care in decisions about their lives is central to Quality Protects. Reports on recent developments.
Boost for Quality Protects
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.10.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Use of care orders is on the increase - voluntary agreements are in decline. Explains why this is good news.