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Reforming the Mental Health Act: summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Booklet combining the executive summaries of the two parts of the Mental Health White Paper ‘Reforming the Mental Health Act’ – Part 1 ‘The new legal framework’ and Part 2 ‘High risk patients’.
Choosing health: supporting the physical needs of people with severe mental illness: commissioning framework
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document provides best practice guidance to help PCTs plan for, design, commission and monitor services that will deliver improved physical health and well-being for people with severe mental illness. It describes appropriate leadership for a physical healthcare programme, roles and responsibilities of those involved and provides case studies.
Safety first: 5 year report of the national confidential inquiry into suicide and homicide by people with mental illness
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 175p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inquiry into the context of suicide and homicide by people with mental illness
Recall of mentally disordered patients subject to Home Office restrictions on discharge
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular explaining revised procedures for informing restricted mentally disordered patients recalled to hospital by the Home Secretary under Section 42(3) of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Review of the operation of Sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983: review report and recommendations
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department of Health, Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 83
- Place of publication:
- London
A review of Section 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 which deal with police powers to act when a person is appears to be experiencing a mental health crisis, and to be in immediate need of care. Both S135 and S135 set out how and when a person can be removed to a place of safety and detained for a maximum of 72 hours. The review gathers evidence through an online survey, practitioner workshops, focus groups with service users, engagement with academics, and visits to see how these sections of the Act work in practice. Based on the evidence, the report sets out a number of legislative and non-legislative recommendations that seek to: significantly reduce the use of police custody as a place of safety; encourage and enable innovation in using alternative places of safety; remove barriers preventing a person in mental health crisis from accessing help wherever they are while protecting human rights and civil liberties; encourage more rapid assessment and to ensure a person is not detained for longer than the minimum time necessary; reduce inappropriate use of S136; improve the operation of S135; and ensure that police, paramedics, AMHPs and health professionals have appropriate powers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Review of the operation of Sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales: a survey
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Home Office, Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 25
- Place of publication:
- London
This government consultation is part of a review into the operation of Sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. The legislation gives the police powers to temporarily remove people who appear to be suffering from a mental health crisis and who need urgent care to a 'place of safety'. A place of safety is usually in a hospital, but sometimes police stations are used. This consultation aims to gather views on whether a police station is an appropriate place to detain people suffering a mental health crisis, and whether the maximum length of detention of 72 hours is too long. The results of the consultation will inform the review alongside other evidence, such as focus groups of those with experience of the legislation. The consultation runs from 8 April to 3 June 2014. (Edited publisher abstract)
Section 67 of the Mental Health Act 1983: references by the Secretary of State for Health to the First-Tier Tribunal
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Section 67 of the Mental Health Act 1983 gives the Secretary of State for Health a discretionary power to refer cases involving certain patients subject to the provisions of the Act to the First-tier Tribunal. Details of those eligible to make requests for references under Section 67 of the Act; the information required to support the request; and issues that will be taken into account are detailed in this document.
Review of the Mental Health Act 1983: report of the Expert Committee
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 176p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of the expert committee commissioned to advise on how mental health legislation should be shaped to reflect contemporary patterns of care within a framework which balances the need to protect the rights of individual patients and the need to ensure public safety. The committee has primarily been concerned with providing a framework for compulsion in respect of certain people with severe mental health problems.
Review of the operation of Sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983: a summary of the evidence
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department of Health, Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 120
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out responses to an online survey carried out as part of a a review of of the operation of Sections 135 and 136 of the England and Wales Mental Health Act 1983. These sections give the police powers to remove an individual who appears to be mentally disordered and in need of urgent care to a place of safety, where they can be detained for up to 72 hours so that a mental health assessment can be carried out. Over 1,100 responses were received to the survey from national organisations. The survey covered the following areas: use of powers; places of safety; maximum length of detention; getting a section 135 warrant; where Section 136 should apply; transporting a person to and between places of safety; Police powers to act in a mental health emergency; Powers for health professionals to help a person experiencing a crisis; and diversity and equality. The report provides an analysis of the responses to each section and summarises the key legislative and operational issues raised. (Edited publisher abstract)
Clustering booklet: for use in mental health payment by results evaluation work (July-Dec 2009)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 36p., tables
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet has been designed to help in the preparation for mental health Payment by Results. This clustering booklet contains the assessment tool (HoNOS PbR) and the 21 clusters developed by the Care Pathways and Packages Project. Service users will need to be assessed and 'assigned' to the relevant cluster. As peoples needs change overtime they will need to be re-assessed and re-clustered periodically. The clustering booklet is time-limited as work continues across the NHS to refine and validate both the assessment and the clusters.