Government suffers Mental Health Bill defeats amid efforts to modernise laws - Jersey Evening Post

Law Society supports Mental Health Bill’s vital reforms but more work ahead | Today's Wills and Probate

The Law Society of England and Wales has backed the amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983, which is a positive step towards ensuring that essential mental health services guarantee dignity, respect and access to justice for all.   This comes as the Mental Health Bill goes into its report stage in the House of Lords on Monday, 31st March. Law Society of England and Wales president Richard Atkinson said: “Mental health care is an essential publ…

A change in the law will make it easier to forcibly hospitalize psychiatry. Yrja Oftedahl believes the decision is important for both patients and relatives.

Government suffers Mental Health Bill defeats amid efforts to modernise laws

Lord Kamall proposed a change to the Mental Health Bill so that nurses or doctors could carry out detentions without police present. The Government has suffered several defeats in the Lords as peers debated ways to modernise mental health legislation, including an expansion of police powers to other authorities who could detain people under the Mental Health Act. Conservative shadow health minister Lord Kamall proposed a change to the Mental Hea…

Government suffers Mental Health Bill defeats amid efforts to modernise laws - Jersey Evening Post

The Government has suffered several defeats in the Lords as peers debated ways to modernise mental health legislation, including an expansion of police powers to other authorities who could detain people under the Mental Health Act. Conservative shadow health minister Lord Kamall proposed a change to the Mental Health Bill so that nurses or doctors could carry out detentions without the need for police officers to attend incidents. Health minist…