Proceeding contribution from Patricia Hewitt (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 April 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Mental Health Bill [HL].
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
My hon. Friend makes an important point. We have already made the decision to give 16 and 17-year-olds with mental health problems more rights than they previously had. In relation to the amendment by the other place, unfortunately changing the law does not always change the reality on the ground. My understanding is that since the new law was introduced in Scotland, with a requirement for age-appropriate accommodation, the number of young people and children being treated in adult wards has actually increased, not fallen, which is the opposite of the intention of the amendment—[Interruption.]
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- 2006-07
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- Children Admissions Appeals Consent to medical treatment Crimes of violence Community care Autism Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Advocacy Women Human rights Homicide Discrimination Ethnic groups Mental illness NHS Medical treatments Nurses Patients' rights Psychiatric patients Mental health services Mental health Mental Health Review Tribunal Scotland Young people Wales Research Suicide Community treatment orders
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