Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and
Guidance for commissioners: service provision for Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983
... The group should define the responsibility of the commissioners. The clinical commissioners’ responsibilities include: the provision of suitable and sufficient MHPoS, with adequate staffing at all times; a contract with ...
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‘It’s Mental Health, Not Mental Police’: A human rights approach to mental health triage and Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983
... of mental ill-health, it is the potential to share records amongst individuals and agencies that is regarded as the primary contributor to substantial reductions in section 136 ...the ...
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The implementation of Section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983
... information on the use of the section on a daily basis, and also that any information required could be extracted without compromising patient confidentiality. Gaining access to these departments was an altogether ...
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Mental Health Act 1983
... (2) Where a report under subsection (1) above in respect of a patient detained in a hospital is to the effect that he is suffering from psychopathic disorder or[r] ...
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Section 117 After-Care under the Mental Health Act 1983
... under section 117 may also have ongoing care/support needs that are not related to their mental disorder and that may, therefore, not fall within the scope of section ...under section 117 and ...
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Ethnicity and the Mental Health Act 1983
... Agenda for the future In order to make studies comparable, there must be consistency in ethnic categories adopted and in their classification. We recommend using a formal standardised approach to classifying that should ...
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Code of Practice. Mental Health Act 1983
... 3.6 Difference should not be confused with disorder. No-one may be considered to be mentally disordered solely because of their political, religious or cultural beliefs, values or opinions, unless there are proper ...
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CODE OF PRACTICE Mental Health Act 1983
... 27.3 Section 117 of the Act requires Health Authorities and local social services authorities, in conjunction with voluntary agencies, to provide after-care for certain categories of detained ...to ...
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Guardianship under the Mental Health Act, 1983
... a mental health secure unit and is discharged into their own home, however there maybe periods where increased care is needed and due to their mental health this maybe ...individual’s ...
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Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice
... the Act apply to individuals aged 16 and over and may be appropriate for young people aged 16 and 17 (see chapter ...or mental health of the child, a reduced level of education would be in the ...
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Using Street Triage to Reduce Inappropriate Use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. Event Report
... and mental health ...experiencing mental health issues via more accurate assessment, diagnosis and the identification of the correct care pathways for service ...deliver mental ...
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Mental Health Act 1983 & Mental Health Amendment Act 2007 Procedures Guidelines & Information
... 8.2 Different considerations apply to a decision to informally admit a young person aged 16 or 17 where the young person lacks capacity. The MCA may apply in the same way as it does to those who are aged 18 or over, ...
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Policy and Procedures for the Administration of the Mental Health Act 1983, as Amended by the Mental Health Act 2007
... the Act must recognise and respect the diverse needs, values and circumstances of each patient, including their race, religion, culture, gender, age, sexual orientation and any ...
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Procedure for Section 5(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 (Doctor s Holding Power)
... Approved Mental Health Professionals 3 (AMHP): to coordinate an assessment for patient’s possible detention under ...1 Section 9 of Mental Health Act 2007 amended Section ...
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Section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983: a review of local policy and guidance in England and Wales
... 17 long as the assessment takes places within the legal timeframe of the holding power, the patient remains held on the section until this process is completed. Turning to those policies that contain additional ...
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MENTAL HEALTH ACT SECTION 5 HOLDING POWERS
... therefore the nurse cannot be instructed to exercise this power by anyone else. Doctors cannot leave instructions to nurses for them to invoke section 5(4) if the patient tries to leave. 2.4.5 Normally assessment ...
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Uninformed Reform:The Attempt to Abolish the Hospital Managers' Section 23 Discharge Power Under the Mental Health Act 1983
... MHA 1983 which I have already demonstrated has not ...person’s mental health is dynamic and so may change between hearings, requiring new reports to be ...
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Use of the Mental Health Act 1983 in general hospitals without a psychiatric unit
... MHA 1983 enables patients to be both confined in hospital and treated against their will, but only for their mental ...The Act does not sanction treatment for physical disorders that are unconnected ...
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An investigation into the ability of psychological measures to predict violent behaviour for men detained in hospital under a section of the Mental Health Act(1983).
... two Health Authority districts and found that inpatient levels of violence reflected the prevalence of violence in the surrounding community (Walker and Caplan ...
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How safe is our "place of safety"? Clinical guidance promoting safer medical care of patients detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act
... The plan for the intervention was the issuing and disseminating of the place of safety professional guidance. After the initial baseline measurement (initial survey) we noted that there was confusion about the relevant ...
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