The 1986 Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order provides the legal framework in Northern Ireland for compulsory admission and treatment of patients suffering from mental illness. GPs can be involved in Mental Health Order assessments in different settings.Compulsory admission for assessment of a patient can only occur when: they are suffering from a mental disorder of a nature or degree that warrants detention in hospital for assessment (or for assessment followed by medical treatment); and failure to detain the patient would create a substantial likelihood of serious physical harm to themselves or to other persons.
The 1986 Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order provides the legal framework in Northern Ireland for compulsory admission and treatment of patients suffering from mental illness. GPs can be involved in Mental Health Order assessments in different settings.Compulsory admission for assessment of a patient can only occur when: they are suffering from a mental disorder of a nature or degree that warrants detention in hospital for assessment (or for assessment followed by medical treatment); and failure to detain the patient would create a substantial likelihood of serious physical harm to themselves or to other persons.
Subject terms:
law, mental health problems, acute psychiatric care, assessment, compulsory detention, compulsory treatment;
law, mental health problems, mental health services, policy formulation, severe mental health problems, treatment, therapy and treatment, compulsory detention, compulsory treatment, consultation;
The main elements of the bill are firstly: to establish a new, integrated health and adult social care regulator Ofcare, from existing regulators; to define the functions of the new regulator in the areas of safety and quality assurance, information and performance assessment and safeguarding the rights of detained mental health patients; and to update the system of registration that applies to providers of health and adult social care services and extend this to include NHS providers. Further details will be set out shortly in response to the consultation on 'The future regulation of health and adult social care in England.' Second, to introduce legislation to use the civil, rather than criminal, standard of proof for all healthcare professional regulatory bodies; to create an independent adjudicator to undertake independent and objective formal adjudication for the professional regulatory bodies; and to ensure that all healthcare organisations employing or contracting with doctors appoint a 'responsible officer' with personal responsibility to work with the GMC to identify and handle cases of poor professional performance by doctors.
The main elements of the bill are firstly: to establish a new, integrated health and adult social care regulator Ofcare, from existing regulators; to define the functions of the new regulator in the areas of safety and quality assurance, information and performance assessment and safeguarding the rights of detained mental health patients; and to update the system of registration that applies to providers of health and adult social care services and extend this to include NHS providers. Further details will be set out shortly in response to the consultation on 'The future regulation of health and adult social care in England.' Second, to introduce legislation to use the civil, rather than criminal, standard of proof for all healthcare professional regulatory bodies; to create an independent adjudicator to undertake independent and objective formal adjudication for the professional regulatory bodies; and to ensure that all healthcare organisations employing or contracting with doctors appoint a 'responsible officer' with personal responsibility to work with the GMC to identify and handle cases of poor professional performance by doctors.
Subject terms:
information management, inspection, mental health problems, NHS, patients, professional registration, quality assurance, registration, rights, adult social care, assessment, compulsory detention, health care;