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A Mental Health Act fit for tomorrow: an agenda for reform
Mental Health Alliance, June 2017 This report summarises the findings of a survey of over 8000 people who use mental health services, carers, and professionals working in the field. The report...
View ArticleMental Health Act 1983: implementing changes to police powers
Department of Health, November 2017 This is a guidance document to support the implementation of changes made to the police powers and places of safety provisions in the Mental Health Act 1983. Click...
View ArticleA brief guide to Section 136 for Emergency Departments
Royal College of Emergency Medicine, December 2017 This guide outlines the process to be followed when police bring a person to the Emergency Department under a section136 of the Mental Health Act and...
View ArticleBrexit and Mental Health
NHS Confederation, February 2018 This briefing outlines analysis relating to future workforce supply and legislation, research, regulation, cross border healthcare and public health. Click here to view...
View ArticleWomen In Crisis: How Women And Girls Are Being Failed By The Mental Health Act
Agenda, August 2018 Agenda report establishing growing evidence that being detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 can be detrimental to women and girls’ wellbeing, with little attention paid to...
View ArticleModernising the Mental Health Act: Increasing choice, reducing compulsion:...
Department of Health and Social Care, December 2018 The final report sets out recommendations covering 4 principles that the review believes should underpin the reformed Act: choice and autonomy –...
View ArticleEquality analysis: liberty protection safeguards – Mental Capacity...
Department of Health Social Care, December 2018 Examines the potential impact on protected groups of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to replace current legislation with Liberty...
View ArticleMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill: (Briefing Paper Number CBP8466)
House of Commons Library, December 2018 House of Commons Library briefing that provides an overview of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, and the debates and amendments made during the Bills Lords...
View ArticleRevising the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice: call for evidence
Ministry of Justice, January 2019 This call for evidence will aim to seek views and contributions from a range of stakeholders, to develop a robust evidence base which will inform revisions made to the...
View ArticleAutism – overview of UK policy and services: Briefing paper
House of Commons Library, April 2019 This briefing provides an overview of policies and services for people with autism, primarily in England. 2019 marks ten years since the Autism Act 2009 was passed....
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