Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 29392

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

Tabled: 5 February 2025

Answered: 13 February 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the patient detention provisions in the Mental Health Act 1983.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The Mental Health Bill, currently making its way through Parliament, will deliver the Government’s commitment to modernise the Mental Health Act 1983. It will give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and will ensure everyone is...

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