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Mental Health Act 1983 Code Of Practice for EnglandThis page was last modified at 15:16 on 15 August 2010. Page credits: Jonathan
From WikiMentalHealthThis 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. External linksBook
Related materialsSome 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. Chapter 1: Statement of guiding principlesChapter 2: Information for patients, nearest relatives and othersNo materials listed. Chapter 3. Mental disorderNo materials listed. Chapter 4. Applications for detention in hospitalMental 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 detentionNo materials listed. Chapter 6. The appropriate medical treatment testNo materials listed. Chapter 7. Conflicts of interestNo materials listed. Chapter 8. The nearest relativeNo materials listed. Chapter 9. Attorneys and deputiesMental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007 Chapter 10. Police powers and places of safetyPolice 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 patientsNo materials listed. Chapter 12. Holding powersMental 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 documentsNo materials listed. Chapter 14. Allocating or changing a responsible clinicianNo materials listed. Chapter 15. Safe and therapeutic responses to disturbed behaviourNo materials listed. Chapter 16. Privacy and safetyUsing Mobile Phones in NHS Hospitals, May 2007 (copy) (Note that this guidance has been superseded by January 2009 guidance, available by the same link) The Safety and Security in Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals Directions 2000 (as amended) Chapter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 advanceMental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007 Chapter 18. Confidentiality and information sharingPublic 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 hospitalNo materials listed. Chapter 20. Independent mental health advocatesMental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007 Chapter 21. Leave of absenceChapter 22. Absence without leaveNo materials listed. Chapter 23. Medical treatment under the ActMental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, TSO, 2007 Chapter 24. Treatments subject to special rules and proceduresChapter 25. Supervised community treatmentRefocusing the Care Programme Approach, Care Programme Approach guidance, March 2008 Chapter 26. GuardianshipMental 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-careRefocusing 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 dischargeNo materials listed. Chapter 30. Functions of hospital managersThe Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, Office for Criminal Justice Reform, October 2005 Chapter 31. Hospital managers’ discharge powerNo materials listed. Chapter 32. The TribunalNo materials listed. Chapter 33. Patients concerned with criminal proceedingsChapter 34. People with learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disordersValuing People – A New Strategy for the 21st Century (Cm 5086), The Stationery Office, March 2001 Chapter 35. People with personality disordersChapter 36. Children and young people under the age of 18Children 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 |
