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Mental Health Bill [Lords]

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: new clause 8—Age appropriate treatment ‘After section 131 of the 1983 Act (Informal admission of patients) insert— ““131A Admission to age appropriate setting and age appropriate treatment (1) In the case of any child or young person under the age of 18 years who is admitted to any hospital or registered establishment for treatment for mental disorder, whether informally or otherwise, the responsible Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board shall , at the time of admission or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, appoint a registered medical practitioner or clinical psychologist with specialist training in child or adolescent mental health to assess the healthcare needs of the child or young person. (2) It shall be the duty of the responsible Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board to provide the child or young person admitted to a hospital or registered establishment in accordance with subsection (1) with such healthcare services (whether by way of suitable hospital accommodation, specialist medical services or otherwise) as necessary to meet the healthcare needs as assessed under subsection (1). (3) In this section the ‘responsible Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board’ means the Primary Care Trust or Health Authority responsible for providing healthcare services to the child or young person under the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41).””’. Amendment No. 4, in clause 34, page 33, line 44, leave out ‘16’ and insert ‘18’. Amendment No. 83, in clause 40, page 38, line 22, at end insert— ‘(2A) Subsections (3) and (4) below shall also apply in the case of a patient who has not attained the age of 16 years who is competent to consent to the making of the arrangements set out in subsection (1) above.’. Government amendment No. 50