What is the difference between a ‘mental health assessment’, a ‘Mental Health Act assessment’ and an assessment conducted after use of s135 or s136 of the Mental Health Act 1983? – there are differences between these three things and a risk of confusion if professionals use these terms interchangeably or inaccurately, as recently did happen! […]

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Following publication of the National Partnership Agreement (NPA) for Right Care, Right Person in June 2023, the Royal College of Nursing has published its own position statement and it says some interesting things. It makes clear its support for the RCRP principles under discussion: that people in need of support should be able to access […]

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Ipswich Crown Court is currently hearing a case where two mental health nurses are subject to a rare prosecution under s127 of the Mental Health Act 1983. This section creates an offence of ‘wilful neglect’ of a mental health patient in hopsital.  It doesn’t just relate to inpatients or to patients who are formally detained […]

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