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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 June 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Mental Health Bill [Lords].

Mental Health Bill [Lords]

The hon. Gentleman needs to differentiate a patient’s ability to contribute towards decisions about their treatment, which they can still do under compulsion. We have made it clear that we want the Act to work in that way, but in the case he describes the person could not be detained under the Act and receive treatment because they would have retained their decision-making ability. They would not have impaired judgment, so they could not be detained under the Act to receive treatment. That is exactly the problem.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
461 c1297 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disability Alcoholic drinks Community care Autism Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Dangerous psychiatric patients Culture Diagnosis Finance Homicide Drugs Discrimination Ethnic groups Mental illness Medical treatments Northern Ireland Mentally disordered offenders Police custody Mental capacity Misuse Patients' rights Psychiatric patients Mental health services Mental health Prescriptions Paedophilia Scotland Religion Victims Sexuality Right of search Suicide Political doctrines Secure psychiatric units Community treatment orders Behaviour disorders
Legislation
Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07
Link
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