This code of practice provides guidance to mental health professionals and other practitioners on how they should carry out their duties under the Mental Health Act. As well as providing guidance for professionals, the revised code of practice also guides patients, their families and carers on their rights. Chapters are grouped into seven areas: Using the Act; Protecting patient's rights and autonomy; Assessment, transport and admission to hospital; Additional considerations for the needs of specific patients; Care, support and treatment in hospital; Leaving hospital; and additional information for professional with specific responsibilities under the Act. Subjects covered in individual chapters include: the nearest relative; independent mental health advocates; mental capacity and deprivation of liberty; detention in hospital; police community treatment orders; guardianship; after care; and care programme approach. The code of practice will come into force on 1 April 2015, depending on Parliamentary approval.
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This code of practice provides guidance to mental health professionals and other practitioners on how they should carry out their duties under the Mental Health Act. As well as providing guidance for professionals, the revised code of practice also guides patients, their families and carers on their rights. Chapters are grouped into seven areas: Using the Act; Protecting patient's rights and autonomy; Assessment, transport and admission to hospital; Additional considerations for the needs of specific patients; Care, support and treatment in hospital; Leaving hospital; and additional information for professional with specific responsibilities under the Act. Subjects covered in individual chapters include: the nearest relative; independent mental health advocates; mental capacity and deprivation of liberty; detention in hospital; police community treatment orders; guardianship; after care; and care programme approach. The code of practice will come into force on 1 April 2015, depending on Parliamentary approval.
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Subject terms:
mental health services, rights, hospital discharge, mental health care, mental health law, hospital admission, mental health problems, severe mental health problems;
This guidance document outlines the procedure for transferring to and from hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 any children or young people detained in custody or remanded in custody. It contains a flow chart, which maps the procedures and processes. Sections are provided on transferring sentenced children and young people (section 47 transfer) and transferring unsentenced children and young people (section 48 transfer). Other areas covered are: an overview of the transfer procedure, the role of primary care trusts; returning a child or young person to custody from hospital; and actions/responsibilities for staff involved in a section 47 or 48 transfer. The guidance differs from the procedure for adults in that, i) parents should be involved as much as possible in decisions about the hospitalisation of their children; and ii) that transfers should be completed within seven days.
This guidance document outlines the procedure for transferring to and from hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 any children or young people detained in custody or remanded in custody. It contains a flow chart, which maps the procedures and processes. Sections are provided on transferring sentenced children and young people (section 47 transfer) and transferring unsentenced children and young people (section 48 transfer). Other areas covered are: an overview of the transfer procedure, the role of primary care trusts; returning a child or young person to custody from hospital; and actions/responsibilities for staff involved in a section 47 or 48 transfer. The guidance differs from the procedure for adults in that, i) parents should be involved as much as possible in decisions about the hospitalisation of their children; and ii) that transfers should be completed within seven days.
Subject terms:
mental health law, mental health problems, hospital admission, hospital discharge, procedures, young offenders, young people, children, custodial institutions;
A delivery plan for mental health in Scotland is presented. A functional approach is used that focuses on the key elements of services that need to be in place at each point in a journey of care so that clinicians, service users and carers can be clear about what needs to be delivered. In any service there should be a description of the purpose of the service, the target population, as well as arrangements for standardised joint assessment, referral, admission and discharge, and a range of interventions and therapies which meet the range of needs within the community. The document covers: improvement of the patient and carer experience of mental health services, how to respond better to depression, anxiety and stress, improving the physical health of people with mental illness, better management of long-term mental health conditions, early detection and intervention in self-harm and suicide prevention, better management of admission to, and discharge from, hospital, and child and adolescent mental health services.
A delivery plan for mental health in Scotland is presented. A functional approach is used that focuses on the key elements of services that need to be in place at each point in a journey of care so that clinicians, service users and carers can be clear about what needs to be delivered. In any service there should be a description of the purpose of the service, the target population, as well as arrangements for standardised joint assessment, referral, admission and discharge, and a range of interventions and therapies which meet the range of needs within the community. The document covers: improvement of the patient and carer experience of mental health services, how to respond better to depression, anxiety and stress, improving the physical health of people with mental illness, better management of long-term mental health conditions, early detection and intervention in self-harm and suicide prevention, better management of admission to, and discharge from, hospital, and child and adolescent mental health services.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, hospital admission, hospital discharge, self-harm, suicide, user views, young people, anxiety, children, depression;