Mental Health Act Reform In her speech following the recent General Election, the Queen outlined how the Government will continue to work to modernise and reform the Mental Health Act. The key objective appears to be to ensure that patients get the support they need,...
Today is World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day takes place every year on 10th October. The global event aims to raise awareness, provide support and encourage us all to try and take care of our own mental health. This year’s focus is on suicide prevention....
The Independent Mental Health Act Review published their final report in December 2018, the contents of which may be of interest to you if you are detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act or if you are a relative of a patient. Currently, the Nearest Relative...
This is one of the first questions that many people detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1983 ask. If you are given medication or offered other treatment in hospital, can you refuse the treatment? What happens if you do? What is the general position? The general...
In May 2017, Theresa May pledged to “rip up the 1983 Act” by commissioning an independent review into the Mental Health Act with a view of modernising it. In December 2018 the Independent Mental Health Act Review published its final report. Proposed changes for...
Figures released by NHS England in 2016 show that the number of applications for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are at a record high, with the highest number of applications made in the North East. In 2015 there were 195,840 applications to deprive a person...
The annual rankings by Chambers UK 2017 have been published and David Gray Solicitors LLP are delighted to find we have maintained our status as a Band 1 provider in the Crime and Family departments. In addition six individual lawyers once again received rankings –...
World Mental Health Day 2016 was on Monday 10th October and this year’s theme was : “Dignity in Mental Health – Psychological and Mental Health First Aid for All” and aims to address the stigma and discrimination experienced from those suffering mental health issues. ...
The BBC news this week reported that ‘unprecedented levels of detention under the Mental Health Act in Kent have led police and crime commissioner (PCC) Matthew Scott to set up a review’. But don’t for a moment think that this is an issue peculiar to Kent. Sadly, it...
The Duchess of Cambridge has given the royal seal of approval for the UK’s first Child Mental Health week, taking place between 8th – 14th February 2016. This will be run in conjunction with children’s charity ‘Place2Be’ and will focus on the theme of ‘building...
The right to die has been considered by the Court of Protection in an unusual and startling case this week. A 50 year old woman who fears that the passing of her youth and beauty means the end of everything that “sparkles” in life has been granted permission to...
Mental health services are bracing themselves for what many expect to be damaging cuts and further lack of investment as the date of this year’s budget announcement looms. Equality 4 Mental Health has begun a campaign aimed at getting ministers to sit up and...
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