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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 January 2025
Debate
Mental Health Bill [HL]Contribution
In asking the Minister that broad question, I want to home in on a narrower one. The Care Quality Commission has argued that there have been changes to the risk factors for detention under the Mental Health Act, and that these are among the reasons for the rising rate of detentions. In its 2018 report, Mental Health Act: The Rise in the Use of the MHA to Detain People in England, it notes that among these factors are the rising rates of the number of people admitted to hospital with mental health problems due to drug and alcohol misuse. It says:
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