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The Mental Health Bill: plans to amend the Mental Health Act 1983: professional roles
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Professional roles here regard the expanding the skill base of professionals who are responsible for the treatment of patients without their consent.
Post-legislative assessment of the Mental Health Act 2007: memorandum to the Health Committee of the House of Commons: presented to Parliament ... July 2012
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Health Act 1983 governs the compulsory treatment of certain people who have a mental disorder. The purpose of the Mental Health Act 2007 was to amend the 1983 Act in a number of areas. The Mental Health Act 2007 also introduced ‘deprivation of liberty safeguards’ and extended the rights of victims. Between 3 and 5 years after an Act of Parliament has received Royal Assent, it is reviewed by the relevant Government Department and then by Parliament, to see how the law has worked in practice, a process known as ‘post-legislative scrutiny’. This memorandum provides a preliminary assessment of the Mental Health Act 2007. It reviews the changes that the 2007 Act made to the Mental Health Act 1983. Specifically, it provides assessment of the effects of the following elements of the Mental Health Act 2007: single definition of mental disorder; appropriate medical treatment; guiding principles; professional roles; nearest relatives’ rights; independent mental health advocacy; supervised community treatment; places of safety; age-appropriate accommodation; Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards; and victims’ rights.
The Mental Health Bill: plans to amend the Mental Health Act 1983: supervised community treatment (SCT)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Supervised community treatment aims to ensure that patients who have been discharged from compulsory treatment in hospital continue to comply with treatment. It will be used in suitable cases to help prevent the relapse of patients and so will help to improve their safety and the safety of others.
Review of Mental health Act 1983: draft outline proposals by scoping study committee
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents the Government's plans for reforming the Mental Health Act 1983. Examines patients entitlements and the framework for compulsion. Contains sections on: the case for change; guiding principles for a new mental health act; the process of applying for compulsory powers; criteria for compulsory care and treatment; the new Tribunal's remit; discharge and aftercare; interface with the criminal justice system; treatment; safeguards; safeguards for patients with long term mental incapacity; and the benefits of the proposed changes.
Reform of the Mental Health Act 1983: proposals for consultation; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by command of Her Majesty, November 1999
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 93p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Green paper presenting the Government's plans for reforming the Mental Health Act 1983. Contains sections on: the case for change; guiding principles for a new mental health act; the process of applying for compulsory powers; criteria for compulsory care and treatment; the new Tribunal's remit; discharge and aftercare; interface with the criminal justice system; treatment; safeguards; safeguards for patients with long term mental incapacity; and the benefits of the proposed changes. Contains annexes on: consultation points; summary of the expert committee report; and executive summary of the proposals for managing dangerous people with severe personality disorder.