Tag Archives | Mental Health Act 1983

King Charles delivering the 2023 King's Speech in Parliament

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Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

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Mental health practitioner and client

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Bolstering AMHP role can ‘vastly reduce’ detention numbers under existing MHA, say service heads

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Two colleagues analysing data in an office

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Mental health leads hail project to highlight impact of AMHP work

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Blocks spelling out the word 'funding'

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Conservative manifesto pledge to implement cap on care costs is unfunded, warns think-tank

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Pad of paper with 'staff shortages' written on it

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AMHP workforce 35% short of what is needed for 24-hour service, say leads

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Care minister Helen Whately

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Revised MCA code of practice ‘still under discussion’ two years after consultation on changes

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Melanie Williams

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Reform Mental Health Act and implement LPS: new ADASS head’s message to next government

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Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

Adults, Children

Mental Health Act reform: where the government stands

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Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

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Mounting demand for AMHPs and unmet need masked by fall in number of detentions, say leads

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Dictionary, definition of the word abuse.

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Mental health trust ignored staff concerns for years before Panorama exposed abuse, finds review

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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

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Mental Health Act detention numbers fall for second year but significant racial inequalities persist

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Human rights card

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DHSC rejects experts’ plan to curb ‘inhumane’ solitary confinement of disabled people in hospital

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Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting

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Labour pledges to reform Mental Health Act if elected

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Houses of Parliament

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Mental Health Act reform ditched, King’s Speech confirms

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Houses of Parliament

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Minister sidesteps question on whether government will proceed with Mental Health Act reform

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Pile of books on a wooden desk with the words 'advice', 'assistance', 'guidance' and 'help' on the spines

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UPDATED: Guide to determining ordinary residence for aftercare under the Mental Health Act

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