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Independent Review of the Mental Health Act - GOV.UK

Purpose of the review · rising rates of detention under the Act · the disproportionate number of people from black and minority ethnic groups detained under the ...

Reforming the Mental Health Act - The House of Commons Library

It recommended changes to the law to make it easier for patients and service users to participate in decisions about their care, to restore ...

Mental Health Act Review - Mind

What changes do we want to see to the Mental Health Act? · Community treatment orders to be abolished. · People to have an automatic right to assessment and ...

Modernising the Mental Health Act – final report from the ... - GOV.UK

The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 has set out recommendations for government on how the Act and associated practice needs to ...

Final report of the Mental Health Act Review accepted by Government

Final report of the Mental Health Act Review accepted by Government ... The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act, chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely, ...

Final Report of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983

It has been an honour to Chair this Independent Review of the Mental Health Act. But it has been more than that - a great responsibility and a profoundly ...

The Mental Health Act: the campaign so far

Timeline and key reports · June 2017: A Mental Health Act Fit for Tomorrow · October 2017: Independent Review of the MHA launched · April 2018: No Voice, No Choice ...

Independent Review of the Mental Health Act

What was the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983? The Review was officially announced in October 2017, having been set up by Theresa May to tackle ...

Reforming the Mental Health Act – Approaches to Improve Patient ...

Key points · The Mental Health Act 1983 has been criticised as being overly restrictive, with inadequate scope for patient choice and autonomy.

Reforming the Mental Health Act: Will More Rights Lead to Fewer ...

This commentary reviews proposals in a white paper published in January 2021 to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended in 2007) (MHA) in England and ...

Reforming the Mental Health Act white paper 2021

The Government published the Reforming the Mental Health Act white paper in August 2021, which sets out proposed changes to the Mental ...

Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 | The Law Society

The Mental Health Act 1983 covers the assessment, treatment and rights of people with a mental health disorder.

Response to the Mental Health Act Review and Consultation

It's really important that people who have been detained under the Mental Health Act, as well as their loved ones, feed into the consultation, by giving their ...

Concerns regarding the UK draft Mental Health Bill - The Lancet

When Sir Simon Wessely published the independent review of the UK Mental Health Act, he noted a 40% increase from 2005–06 to 2015–16 in the use of the act ...

The future the Mental Health Act - King's College London

One aspect highlighted by the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act, was the inequality that exists between the provision for advance decision-making for ...

Changing the Mental Health Act

This means that the draft Bill will soon start the process of going through Parliament and within the next year an improved Mental Health Act will become law.

Does England's Mental Health Act need reform in light of CQC review?

The Guardian has spoken to experts about how mental health care in England could be improved in order to better prevent future tragedies.

Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 - GOV.UK

People from BAME communities have an especially high risk of being detained, with Black. African and Caribbean communities having poorer outcomes over time.

Mind's submission to the Mental Health Act Review

Mind welcomed the independent review of the Mental Health Act as both necessary and timely. Being sectioned is one of the most serious things that can happen to ...

Reforming The Mental Health Act - Royal College of Psychiatrists

RCPsych has been closely involved in the reform process from the start, working closely with Simon Wessely and his co-chairs during the review and providing ...