Focuses on the Mental Health Act in Great Britain. Promotion of the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds of mental ill health; Emphasis on patient autonomy; Incorporation of safeguards to ensure the healt...
Section 136, The Mental Health Act 1983: levels of knowledge among accident and emergency doctors, senior nurses and police constables. Emergency Medicine Journal. 2002;19:295-300.Lynch RM, Simpson M, Higson M, et al. Section 136, the Mental Health Act 1983; levels of knowledge among ...
The 1983 Mental Health Act brought several changes aimed at improving the rights of detained patients. Included was a new provision safeguarding the position of nursing staff – Section 5(4); no provision equivalent to the nurses' holding power existed in the 1959 Act. Nurses previously were exp...
This circular covers three recent judgments affecting the provision of after-care under the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). Section 117 of the MHA places a duty on health and social services authorities to provide after-care services for certain patients discharged from detention under the Act. It...
aof Appeal has held that a psychiatric patient was not barred by Section 139 of the Mental Health Act 1983 from applying for judicial review of an application for her admission to hospital under Section 3 of the 1983 Act.' Later the patient (referred to in the later reports as "W") ...
Police Custody as a `Place of Safety': Examining the Use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. London: Independent Police Complaints Commission, 2008Independent Police Complaints Commission. Police Custody as a "Place of Safety": Examining the Use of Section 136 of the Mental Health ...
(1997), 4, 173-175 INTRODUCTION Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 states: 1. If a constable finds a person in a public place who appears to be suffering from a mental disorder and in need of immediate care or control, the constable may, if thought necessary in the interests ...
Section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983: the art of applying the Act. Section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983 allows patients to be detained by nurses of the 'prescribed class' for a maximum of 6 hours. There is a paucity ... Dickinson,Tommy - 《British Journal of Nursing》...
CoviArmour is our way of combining visualization made possible through an Immersive Augmented Reality(AR) experience and the field of healthcare. CoviArmour is decided to have 4 components as of now as contemplated by our team.As our problem statement signifies, according to the problems we have...
摘要: If you have been subject to a Section 3 or some other orders under the Mental Health Act, you will become entitled to Section 117 Aftercare, which places a duty on the local authority and the health board to jointly participate and agree your aftercare with you....