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Suspension of detention: guidance on best practice when suspending compulsory treatment
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This is a guide to best practice in the use of suspension of detention under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. A guiding principle of the Act is that care and treatment should be delivered in a way that is least restrictive of the individual’s freedom. Suspension of detention is a key provision that helps to achieve this for individuals who are detained in hospital. It enables the Responsible Medical Officer (RMO) to suspend a person’s detention, to allow greater freedom and a better quality of life, while still providing the care and treatment he or she needs. Examples of situations where suspension of detention may be used include rehabilitation, compassionate visits, and hospital treatments. Generally, suspension of detention must be granted by the RMO for any time the person spends outside the hospital grounds, regardless of the escort arrangements. This guide considers: what is suspension of detention; who suspends detention; what forms should be used; who must be notified; suspension of detention in practice; and special situations.
Women prisoners: an analysis of the process of hospital transfers
- Authors:
- BARTLETT Annie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 23(4), August 2012, pp.538-553.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Department of Health guidelines suggest that transfers of prisoners with mental health problems to secure psychiatric hospitals for treatment under the Mental Health Act should take 14 days from first assessment to transfer. This study examined the extent to which transfers of women prisoners from a large women's prison in England met this target. It analysed pre-existing routinely collected data relating to 100 recommendations for hospitalisation to establish rate of transfer and, where applicable, reasons for slow transfer. The article reports on the data analysis and results, including characteristics of women transferred and not transferred to hospital, diagnosis and transfer duration, offending behaviour and transfer duration, and type of hospital placement and transfer duration. The study found that, of the 86 women who completed transfer, only 13% of cases were transferred within the recommended 14 days, and that the process median was 37 days. Less serious offending was related to shorter transfer times, but legal routes intended for urgent hospitalisation under section 48 of the 2007 Mental Health Act were found to be no quicker than other methods. The authors conclude that transfer delays are not acceptable and that the use of the section 48 urgent treatment order needs review.
Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation, England: 1990-1991 to 2000-2001
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This bulletin summarises information about people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in NHS facilities, including high security psychiatric hospitals and private nursing homes.
Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation, England: 1989-1990 to 1999-2000
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 23p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation: NHS Trusts, high security psychiatric hospitals and private facilities; 1998-99
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 164p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
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Training workbook for hospital managers
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Mental Health in England
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This workbook aims to ensure that people have a clear understanding of the changes the Mental Health Act 2007 (MHA 2007) has brought to the MHA 1983. The MHA 2007 has changed the MHA 1983 in a number of important ways but has left unchanged the central role of hospital managers in the operation of the MHA. In particular, it retains the power for hospital managers, through their managers’ panels, to decide whether patients should continue to be detained. This workbook is aimed at those who sit on managers’ panels to help them understand the changes that will affect their role and the way they carry it out. The workbook aims to ensure understanding of the key elements of supervised community treatment and the different elements that managers’ panels need to consider when reviewing patient applications, extensions and barring orders. It explains the 5 guiding principles in chapter 1 of the revised Code of Practice, and also the 9 key changes in terms of the responsibilities of hospital managers and especially managers’ panels’ power of discharge. These key changes cover: the definition of mental disorder; criteria for detention; age appropriate services; professional groups; nearest relative; advocacy services; ECT (safeguards); supervised community treatment; and referrals to tribunal.
Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation: NHS trusts, primary care trusts, high security psychiatric hospitals and private facilities; 2001-02
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, NATIONAL STATISTICS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 146p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This bulletin summarises information about people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in NHS facilities, including high security psychiatric hospitals and private nursing homes.
Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation: NHS trusts, high security psychiatric hospitals and private facilities: 2000-01
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 160p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There are three parts of the Act under which patents may be detained: civil detentions; court disposals and prison transfers; and place of safety orders. The booklet's purpose is to present data provided by the individual Trusts and Health Authorities.
Mental Health Act 1983 code of practice: guidance on the visiting of psychiatric patients by children
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides further guidance on drawing up policies for visits by children to psychiatric patients.
Report on inspection of management and provision of social work in the three special hospitals: Broadmoor Hospital; July 1993
- Authors:
- GOLDSMITH L., et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. London West I
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 75p.
- Place of publication:
- London