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Patients' experiences of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health): report of a joint pilot project of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council and the Care Quality Commission
- Authors:
- ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE AND TRIBUNALS COUNCIL, CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council; Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Each year, there are more than 45,000 detentions of men and women in hospital for assessment and treatment for mental disorder under the Mental Health Act 1983. At any point in time, around 16,000 people are being detained by NHS and independent hospitals and a further 4,000 people are on community treatment orders (CTOs) or are subject to guardianship powers. The First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) is the primary mechanism in England for appeal against the use of the Act's powers of detention, guardianship or supervised community treatment. It is an independent judicial body administered by the Tribunals Service and provides one of the key safeguards under the Act. This report details the experiences of a joint pilot project of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council and the Care Quality Commission to obtain information from people who use mental health services and patients detained under the Mental Health Act about their experiences of coming before the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health). Patients had wide-ranging experiences of the tribunal, ranging from positive to strongly negative. When examined as a whole, one trend emerged: the patients who received the outcome they wanted gave far more positive answers about the tribunal process in general, while disappointed patients made more negative comments.