Member

To address one of the noble Earl’s points, it is important that the Bill makes provision for the risk factors to be specified, as the purpose of this clause is to identify and collate information about people who have such risk factors due to their potential need for additional support to prevent a future detention under the Act. As an illustration of the type of information that is envisioned, current NHS England guidance on dynamic support registers describes risk factors such as a previous mental health hospital admission or the person presenting in crisis at an A&E department. However, work to establish and agree a comprehensive list of the risk factors for inclusion will be commenced in due course. I make this point also to the noble Baroness, Lady Murphy, and other noble Lords who raised what the risk factors may be.