A chance for carers and service users with experience of being detained under the Mental Health Act to have their say about what’s wrong with it and maybe what would help. Consultation closes at end of February –
pass it on. Wouldn’t it be good to find learning disaiblity/autism and behavioural reasons for detention being excluded from ‘disposal’ into ATUs…..? Maybe we should encourage them to seek some evidence from CTRs on the Transforming care work? https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/independent-review-of-the-mental-health-act#service-user-and-carer-survey
A chance to stop admissions under the MHA for behavioural reasons?
