The paper focusses specifically on the role of the Nearest Relative under the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. Nearest Relatives are given powers to prevent an admission in hospital for treatment or to request an independent review of detention. Conversely, they are also empowered to...
[In this article, the term 'patient' is used to describe a person who is detained under the Mental Health Act, liable to be detained, or in hospital on an informal basis. The term 'service user' describes someone receiving psychiatric services but who is neither hospitalised nor subject to...
[In this article, the term 'patient' is used to describe a person who is detained under the Mental Health Act, liable to be detained, or in hospital on an informal basis. The term 'service user' describes someone receiving psychiatric services but who is neither hospitalised nor subject to...
The 'nearest relative' and social work roles in mental health services share common ground. Although the social worker is a trained professional and the nearest relative is identified from a fixed hierarchy of kin, both roles were awarded the authority to make a compulsory order for hospital ...