Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 23523

Psychiatric Patients: Discharges

Tabled: 24 April 2024
Answered: 1 May 2024

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance she issues to mental health services on their obligations to a people that (a) police and (b) local authorities find too unwell to be in the community.

Answer

On 26 January 2024, new statutory guidance was published for those being discharged from mental health inpatient settings. This sets out how health and care systems can work together effectively to support the discharge process from all mental health inpa...

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