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Cross border transfers, cross border absconding and cross border visits under mental health law: a factsheet for practitioners
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Commission receives frequent calls on cross-border issues. These relate to planned transfers of patients, cross-border visits and cross-border absconding. Often professionals have difficulty accessing the correct statutory legislation and guidance detailing the information they require. This fact sheet outlines the appropriate sections of the legislation, the regulations and the Scottish Government guidance which relates to cross-border issues and provides links to these under the relevant section for ease of access.
Social circumstances reports: good practice guidance on the preparation of social circumstances reports for mental health officers and managers
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 introduced significant changes relating to the statutory provision of Social Circumstances Reports (SCRs). The Mental Welfare Commission welcomed these changes, which have resulted in an increase of over 50% in the provision of SCRs compared to the number provided under the 1984 Act. The Mental Welfare Commission is concerned about the lack of a strategic approach among most local authorities to assist Mental Health Officers (MHOs) in determining when an SCR should be provided. MHOs need a framework to assist them when using their discretion about whether or not an SCR is produced. The Mental Welfare Commission has identified this area of practice as one where practitioners and managers continue to have difficulty in achieving consistency in the circumstances in which service users, Responsible Medical Officers (RMOs) and the Mental Welfare Commission could expect a report to be prepared. The Mental Welfare Commission has therefore consulted relevant stakeholders and produced guidance on best practice that aims to be of use to practitioners and managers when considering the preparation of a Social Circumstances Report. This guidance may also be of interest to service users, carers, RMOs and advocates.
Report from visits to children and younger people who use mental health services: report from our visits to young people using in-patient and community mental health services in Scotland 2009
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study aimed to find out more about how child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) services are being provided across Scotland through a programme of visits. The aim was to provide a picture of how these services are developing to meet national policy priorities and the needs of individual children and young people. This report starts with a description of the reports and policy initiatives relating to CAMH services. It then describes the themed visit programme, in which visits were made to all specialist in-patient facilities, young people admitted to non-specialist wards were visited, medical and nursing notes were reviewed, and meetings were held with representatives from CAMH services and local authorities in each of the 11 NHS Board areas. In total, 16 young people in different units across Scotland were interviewed, case files of 13 more were reviewed, and staff in 11 units were interviewed during the visits. The results show that the experience the young people reported was varied, but overall positive. This report discusses and provides recommendations relating to the following issues: the young person’s experience; access to education and age appropriate activities; access to advocacy; staffing levels and staff training; admission, discharge criteria and models of care; 16 and 17 year olds; in-patient provision for young people with complex needs; legal issues; and other issues such as services for looked after children and children who self-harm.