The Joint Committee on Human Rights is undertaking scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill to assess its compatibility with international and domestic human rights standards. … Read More ›
Category: Mental Health Reform
The Second Reading of the Bill took place in the House of Lords on 25 November 2024, Second Reading being the first substantive consideration by … Read More ›
In this walkthrough, I go through the Mental Health Act 1983 as it would look if amended by the current version of the Mental Health … Read More ›
Aberdeenshire Council v SF (No 4) (Residence) [2024] EWCOP 67 (T3) is the most recent in a long-running series of decisions concerning SF, a Scottish … Read More ›
The Mental Health Bill published on 6 November comes with explanatory notes. It does, however, require extensive cross-referencing to the MHA 1983 in order to … Read More ›
The Government introduced the Mental Health Bill into Parliament on 6 November. It draws on the work of the independent Review of the Mental Health … Read More ›