The most difficult decisions that I am faced with, and it hasn’t happened frequently, is when I am carrying out a Mental Health Act Assessment and have two signed medical recommendations in my hand and have to make a decision whether to admit or not. Sometimes it is a very straightforward decision. The history, the presentation [...]

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