This is a second post looking at the January 2021 UK Government White Paper on Reforming the Mental Health Act 1983 —the first post covered proposed criteria for developments on detention in hospital, this will look at various issues to do with rights and risk. RISK AND LIKELIHOOD We’re going to have to get used […]

My break from blogging was deliberate decision to step back from it all but the publication of the Government’s White Paper on Reforming the Mental Health Act 1983 motivated me to think some things did need saying and summarising, for whatever that’s worth.  I was involved in this review which leads to the White Paper […]

The Government has today published its White Paper on Reforming the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) — This publication follows the report of Professor Sir Simon Wessely in 2018, after an independent review of the Act.  It’s 184 pages long and it covers a lot of ground, some of it surprising, some of it not.  The […]