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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 31 March 2025
Debate
Mental Health Bill [HL]Contribution
The Mental Health Act states that hospital environments should be suitable to the age of the patient. The mental health code of practice states clearly that admissions of children to adult wards are permitted only under exceptional circumstances. Yet, as I indicated in Committee with the aid of some stark and very troubling examples, we still have a very considerable problem in this whole area of mental health practice.
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