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Mental Health Act - emergency and short-term powers: guide

(1 days ago) WEBA doctor with experience in diagnosing and treating mental disorder (a psychiatrist), who has examined you, may grant a short-term detention certificate where he/she believes it is likely that: You have a mental disorder; and; Your ability to make …

https://www.gov.scot/publications/new-mental-health-act-guide-emergency-short-term-powers-information-service-users-carers/pages/9/

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chapter 7 emergency detention certificate (part 5)

(1 days ago) WEBMedical treatment for a mental disorder during a period of emergency detention will normally require either the consent of the …

https://www.gov.scot/publications/mental-health-care-treatment-scotland-act-2003-code-practice-volume-2-civil-compulsory-powers-parts-5-6-7-20/pages/8/

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Mental Health Act - compulsory treatment orders: guide

(Just Now) WEBIn March 2003 the Scottish Parliament passed a new law, the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. It came into effect in October 2005. It sets …

https://www.gov.scot/publications/new-mental-health-act-guide-compulsory-treatment-orders/

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Suspension of detention Scotland’s mentalhealth …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Scottish Government’s initial guidance on suspension of detention was contained in the Code of Practice for the Act3, and also in HDL(2006)74. The government has …

https://www.mwcscot.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/SuspensionOfDetention_2022.pdf

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Detentions for mental health treatment in Scotland …

(4 days ago) WEBIn 2021-22 this was at its lowest level in 10 years: only 40.5% of these detentions involved mental health officers, and in one health board area – Greater Glasgow and Clyde – the figure dropped to only …

https://www.mwcscot.org.uk/news/detentions-mental-health-treatment-scotland-2021-22-new-report

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Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 - Explanatory Notes

(7 days ago) WEBThis allows emergency detention orders, short-term detention orders, interim compulsory treatment orders and compulsory treatment orders to authorise detention in a …

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/9/notes

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Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 - Legislation.gov.uk

(1 days ago) WEBMental Health (Scotland) Act 2015. Introductory Text. PART 1 THE 2003 ACT. Procedure for compulsory treatment. 1. Measures until application determined. 2. Detention …

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/9/contents?view=plain

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Mental health detentions rose sharply last year - BBC

(5 days ago) WEBMental health detentions rose sharply last year. 29 September 2021. Getty Images. The number of times people in Scotland have been detained for mental health treatment has risen by 10.5% in …

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-58742194

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Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

(4 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which was passed in March 2003, and came into effect on 5 October 2005. …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_Health_(Care_and_Treatment)_(Scotland)_Act_2003

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chapter 2 short-term detention certificate (part 6) - mental health

(1 days ago) WEBGuide for medical practitioners on the granting of a short-term detention certificate under section 44 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act …

https://www.gov.scot/publications/mental-health-care-treatment-scotland-act-2003-code-practice-volume-2-civil-compulsory-powers-parts-5-6-7-20/pages/3/

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A guide to the Mental Health in Scotland - Headway

(9 days ago) WEBtrained in mental health). Short-term detention This allows persons to be detained in hospital for up to 28 days in order to be assessed and/or treated. This will only take …

https://www.headway.org.uk/media/12012/a-guide-to-the-mental-health-act-in-scotland-publication.pdf

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Detaining a patient under an Emergency Detention Certificate …

(9 days ago) WEBStep 1. The first step is to decide if your patient meets criteria for detention under the mental health act? (see criteria below- your patient must fulfill all of these). It …

https://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/mypsych-app/foundation-doctors/mypsych-emergency/detaining-a-patient-under-an-emergency-detention-certificate-edc/

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Rise in mental health detentions confirmed

(4 days ago) WEBThursday 30th September 2021. An increase in the number of people detained for mental health care during the pandemic, alongside a fall in safeguards associated with the …

https://healthandcare.scot/default.asp?page=story&story=2840

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Rising number of detentions for mental ill health in Scotland, …

(2 days ago) WEBNew figures published by the Mental Welfare Commission show that numbers of detentions of people in Scotland for compulsory mental health care and …

https://www.mwcscot.org.uk/news/rising-number-detentions-mental-ill-health-scotland-falling-safeguards

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Length and associated characteristics of short-term - Springer

(Just Now) WEBPurpose The Mental Health Act in Scotland is under review. Previous iterations increased patients’ rights but the maximum time for short-term detentions …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-023-02459-3

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Mental Health Act - emergency and short-term powers: guide

(1 days ago) WEBA guide for service users and their carers to the Mental Health Act emergency and short-term powers (2008 version). 7 Emergency detention certificate …

https://www.gov.scot/publications/new-mental-health-act-guide-emergency-short-term-powers-information-service-users-carers/pages/8/

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The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015

(6 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 Section 2 (information where order extended) Section 2 of the 2015 Act inserts new section 87A into the 2003 Act. This requires

https://www.mhtscotland.gov.uk/mhts/files/Note_on_the_2015_Act.pdf

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Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

(3 days ago) WEBthe giving of medical treatment, in accordance with Part 16. 86. Subsection (1) of section 45 provides that, on being asked to consent to short-term detention, the mental health …

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/notes/division/3/6/1

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Community-based Compulsory Treatment Orders in Scotland

(2 days ago) WEBSimon Lawton-Smith is Senior Fellow in Mental Health at the King’s Fund. He is responsible for the Fund’s mental health work programme, including taking forward the …

https://assets.kingsfund.org.uk/f/256914/x/2966b140a6/community_based_compulsory_treatment_orders_scotland_report_2006.pdf

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Mental Health Act: easy read guide - The Scottish Government

(3 days ago) WEBThe new law says when: you can be given a emergency detention certificate. This means you can be kept in hospital for 3 days and given treatment if you need it very …

https://www.gov.scot/publications/new-mental-health-act-easy-read-guide-2/pages/12/

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Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda

(Just Now) WEBLawyers and campaigners said the detentions risked provoking protracted legal battles, community protests and clashes with police – with officers in Scotland put on …

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/28/home-office-to-detain-asylum-seekers-across-uk-in-shock-rwanda-operation

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