This version replaces the version published electronically in May. The text of the Code itself is the same (but with minor errors corrected on pages 28, 30 and 342). The document now includes cross-references to the Department’s Mental Health Act Reference Guide.
Some chapters of the English Code of Practice finish with a list of related materials. These are listed below with links to the material where possible.
Human Rights Act 1998
No materials listed.
Mental Capacity Act 2005
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Addendum to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice
National Assistance Act 1948
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
Using Mobile Phones in NHS Hospitals, May 2007 (copy) (Note that this guidance has been superseded by January 2009 guidance, available by the same link)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)
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
Guidance for Clinicians – Duties to Victims under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, Home Office Mental Health Unit, 2005
Data Protection Act 1998
Guidance for Responsible Medical Officers – Leave of Absence for Patients Subject to Restrictions, Ministry of Justice Mental Health Unit
British National Formulary, British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Refocusing the Care Programme Approach, Care Programme Approach guidance, March 2008
Refocusing the Care Programme Approach: Policy and Positive Practice Guidance, March 2008
Guidance for Clinicians – Duties to Victims under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 200, Home Office Mental Health Unit, 2005
Notes for the Guidance of Social Supervisors – Supervision and After-care of Conditionally Discharged Restricted Patients, Home Office, 2007
Mental Health Act 2007 – Guidance for the Courts and Sentencing Powers for Mentally Disordered Offenders, March 2008
Prison Service Instruction 3/2006, which gives comprehensive guidance on the transfer process, professional roles and timescales
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Guidance for Supervising Psychiatrist – Supervision and After-care of Conditionally Discharged Restricted Patients, Home Office, June 2006
Valuing People – A New Strategy for the 21st Century (Cm 5086), The Stationery Office, March 2001
Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century: Planning with People towards Person Centred Approaches – Guidance for Partnership Boards, Department of Health, 28 January 2002
Action for Health, Health Action Plans and Health Facilitation Detailed Good Practice Guidance on Implementation for Learning Disability Partnership Boards, Department of Health, 6 August 2002
Personality disorder: No longer a diagnosis of exclusion. Policy implementation guidance for the development of services with personality disorder, Department of Health, January 2003
Children Act 1989 and guidance (particularly volumes 1, 4, 6, and 7)
National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services – Standard 9 (The Mental Health and Psychological Well-being of Children and Young People) issued by the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Health in October 2004
Every Child Matters: Change for Children, Department for Education and Skills, 2004
NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice, Department of Health, 2003
Working Together to Safeguard Children, HM Government, 2006