Proceeding contribution from Lord Alderdice (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Monday, 19 February 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Mental Health Bill [HL].
Mental Health Bill [HL]
My Lords, if a responsible medical officer, be it a consultant psychiatrist or the patient’s general practitioner, disagreed with the clinician, would they be required to continue prescribing medication for the patient in a context which they believed to be clinically unsuitable, because a non-medical practitioner would not be in a position to prescribe the medication? From what the Minister has said, it seems that a doctor would be required to continue to prescribe medication for a patient in a context which he or she felt was inappropriate.
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- 2006-07
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- Codes of practice Alcoholic drinks Consent to medical treatment Discharges Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Diagnosis Human rights Drugs Exemptions Health professions Ethics Learning disability Mental illness Medical treatments Qualifications Misuse Patients' rights Psychiatric patients Mental health Religion Sexuality Testing
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- Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07
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