Mental health: Detention
Dame Victoria Sharp P and Chamberlain J 22 January 2021 Mental health – Detention – Meaning of ‘personally seen’ and ‘personally examined’ in context of detention of persons with mental disorders during coronavirus pandemic The applicant NHS Trust (the Trust) was the body responsible in its area for the employment and provision of medical practitioners whose recommendations were required by the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA 1983) for the detention or reception into guardianship of patients suffering from mental disorders. MHA 1983 made it a legal requirement that doctors had to...
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