Building on the very headline points I made here, here is a video looking specifically looking at how the White Paper published on 13 January … Read More ›
Category: MHA Review
The Government published on 13 January 2021 a White Paper responding to the recommendations of the independent review of the MHA under Sir Simon Wessely. … Read More ›
The supporting materials for the review of the MHA 1983 that reported in December last year have now been published. They include, in particular, the … Read More ›
The Bill today (11 December) finished its final stage in the Lords, with the Commons yet to come. With thanks once again to Tim Spencer-Lane … Read More ›
A consequence of the fact that the MHA Review report had to be brought forward ahead of the Brexit vote so that there could be … Read More ›
The independent Review of the Mental Health Act conducted by Sir Simon Wessely has today, 6 December, published its report, entitled Modernising the Mental Health … Read More ›
The minutes of the Tribunal Procedure Committee in July have just been published and show that controversial proposed rule changes have been abandoned. Relevant extract … Read More ›
The deadline for these surveys has been extended to Friday 6th April and the surveys now also have easy read and BSL versions, which can all be found … Read More ›
The Independent MHA Review surveys of service users and carers are closing soon, the deadline being 28 February. Please share widely.
The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act is in its initial scoping phase, seeking to identify priorities for further work later this year. To … Read More ›