MHA Code of Practice 2008 links
This page relates to the old 2008 code. For the current code, see Mental Health Act 1983 Codes of Practice.
Some chapters of the English Code of Practice 2008 finish with a list of related materials. These are listed with links to the material where possible.
Chapter 1: Statement of guiding principles
Chapter 2: Information for patients, nearest relatives and others
No materials listed.
Chapter 3. Mental disorder
No materials listed.
Chapter 4. Applications for detention in hospital
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Addendum to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice
Chapter 5. Emergency applications for detention
No materials listed.
Chapter 6. The appropriate medical treatment test
No materials listed.
Chapter 7. Conflicts of interest
No materials listed.
Chapter 8. The nearest relative
No materials listed.
Chapter 9. Attorneys and deputies
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007
Chapter 10. Police powers and places of safety
Police And Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Code C: Code of Practice for the Detention, Treatment and Questioning of Persons by Police Officers, Home Office, 2008
Chapter 11. Conveyance of patients
No materials listed.
Chapter 12. Holding powers
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Addendum to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice
Chapter 13. Receipt and scrutiny of documents
No materials listed.
Chapter 14. Allocating or changing a responsible clinician
No materials listed.
Chapter 15. Safe and therapeutic responses to disturbed behaviour
No materials listed.
Chapter 16. Privacy and safety
Using Mobile Phones in NHS Hospitals, May 2007 (copy) (Note that this guidance has been superseded by January 2009 guidance, available by the same link)
The Safety and Security in Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals Directions 2000 (as amended)
Chapter 17. Wishes expressed in advance
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007
Chapter 18. Confidentiality and information sharing
Public Sector Data Sharing: Guidance on the Law, Ministry of Justice, November 2003 (copy)
Confidentiality: NHS Code of Practice, Department of Health, November 2003
Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004
The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, Office for Criminal Justice Reform, October 2005
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007
Chapter 19. Visiting patients in hospital
No materials listed.
Chapter 20. Independent mental health advocates
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007
Chapter 21. Leave of absence
Chapter 22. Absence without leave
No materials listed.
Chapter 23. Medical treatment under the Act
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007
Chapter 24. Treatments subject to special rules and procedures
Chapter 25. Supervised community treatment
Refocusing the Care Programme Approach, Care Programme Approach guidance, March 2008
Chapter 26. Guardianship
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Addendum to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice
Chapter 27. After-care
Refocusing the Care Programme Approach: Policy and Positive Practice Guidance, March 2008
Chapter 28. Guardianship, leave of absence or SCT?
No materials listed.
Chapter 29. Detention and SCT: renewal, extension and discharge
No materials listed.
Chapter 30. Functions of hospital managers
The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, Office for Criminal Justice Reform, October 2005
Chapter 31. Hospital managers’ discharge power
No materials listed.
Chapter 32. The Tribunal
No materials listed.
Chapter 33. Patients concerned with criminal proceedings
Chapter 34. People with learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorders
Valuing People – A New Strategy for the 21st Century (Cm 5086), The Stationery Office, March 2001
Chapter 35. People with personality disorders
Chapter 36. Children and young people under the age of 18
Children Act 1989 and guidance (particularly volumes 1, 4, 6, and 7)
Every Child Matters: Change for Children, Department for Education and Skills, 2004
NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice, Department of Health, 2003