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The Mental Health Act Commission: part one
- Authors:
- CURRAN Christopher, GRIMSHAW Catherine, LAKES Gordon
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 2(3), September 1997, pp.29-34.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Outlines the main objectives and organisational structure of the Mental Health Act Commission which monitors and safeguards the well-being and interests of patients detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act.
From strength to strength: report on the first two years of the Mental Health Act Commission service user involvement strategy
- Author:
- SIBLEY Rose
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Health Act Commission has adopted the mission statement, 'safeguarding the interests of all people detained under the Mental Health Act'. The Commission's remit is to keep under review the operation of the Mental Health Act 1983 as it relates to detained patients, and to meet with and interview detained patients in private. In furtherance of this remit, the Commission visits mental health service providers regularly in order to check the legality of detention. In addition to the visiting programme, the Commission provides important safeguards to patients who lack capacity or refuse consent to treatment, through the Second Opinion Appointed Doctor Service. In all its work the Commission places an emphasis on equality and human rights.