Member

The Bill already makes provision for the Secretary of State to publish guidance to ICBs and local authorities to assist them to ensure that the needs of people on the register are met without the need for detention. However, individual factors and circumstances could mean that a different approach is advisable in a specific situation; that is ultimately up to clinical and commissioner discretion. As such, further statutory guidance in this area that sets uniform standards would seem somewhat unnecessary and potentially unhelpful, as the existing guidance proposed by the Bill would be sufficient.