Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 50662

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 20 May 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Representations received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been used to modernise the Mental Health Act, to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and to ensure that everyone...

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