Member

At present, the definition of “appropriate medical treatment” includes no specific mention of therapeutic benefit. My contention is that therapeutic benefit should be the fundamental principle upon which appropriate treatment is defined, thus the importance of its insertion in this definition, to bring it in line with the spirit of the Bill. This change would ensure a proper recognition that patients are supported to recover so that they can be discharged from detention at the earliest convenience and not end up stuck in wards where there is little to no therapeutic input, meaning that discharge is continuously delayed due to a lack of progress.