Mental Health Act 1983 information leaflets

As usual now, there are separate documents for use in England and in Wales. See also: Foreign-language information leaflets and Tribunal forms.

England

On 15/10/08 the Department of Health published updated information leaflets, to be used from 3/11/08. They were then amended to reflect changes made on 1/4/09, namely the introduction of IMHAs and the replacement of the MHAC with the CQC. The leaflet "Your right to complain to the CQC" was revised on 19/10/09. The following leaflets are on the National Archives website . Use that link (eventually I will replace the red links below with more useful working links!)

Detention under Part 2

• Patient information leaflet S2: Admission to hospital for assessment (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S3: Admission to hospital for treatment (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S4: Nurses' power to detain a person being treated for mental disorder at a hospital (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S4: Detention in hospital for assessment in an emergency (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S5(2): Detention of patients already in hospital (March 2009)

Sections 135 and 136 ('Place of safety')

• Patient information leaflet S135: Admission of mentally disordered persons found in a public place (June 2018) - also have March 2009 RTF version
• Patient information leaflet S136: Admission of patients removed by police under a court warrant (June 2018) - also have March 2009 RTF version

Detention under Part 3

• Patient information leaflet S37/41: Admission to hospital by a hospital order with restrictions (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S37: Admission to hospital by a hospital order without restrictions (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet s45A: Admission to hospital by hospital and limitation directions (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S38: Interim hospital order (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S35: Remand to hospital for assessment (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S36: Remand to hospital for treatment (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet Appeals: Patients admitted to hospital from the courts - rights to appeal (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S48: Transfer to hospital of an unsentenced prisoner (with or without restrictions) (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S47/49: Transfer to hospital with restrictions of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet S47: Transfer to hospital without restrictions of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment (March 2009) - have RTF but need PDF
• Patient information leaflet EndRes: Patients whose restrictions have come to an end (March 2009)

Guardianship

• Patient information leaflet G-7: Guardianship (Section 7) (March 2009) - also have October 2008 version PDF
• Patient information leaflet G-37: Guardianship order (Section 37) (March 2009)

Supervised community treatment (SCT)

• Patient information leaflet SCT-Pt2: Supervised community treatment for Part 2 patients (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet SCT-Pt3: Supervised community treatment for Part 3 patients (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet SCT-Recall: Recall to hospital of a patient on supervised community treatment (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet SCT-RevPt3: Revocation of community treatment order for treatment under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet SCT-RevPt2: Revocation of community treatment order for treatment under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act (March 2009)

Miscellaneous

• Patient information leaflet ECT: Electro-convulsive therapy for patients detained in hospital (March 2009)
• Patient information leaflet CQC: Your right to complain to the Care Quality Commission (October 2009)
• Patient information leaflet Nearest Relative: Your nearest relative under the Mental Health Act 1983 (March 2009)Detention under Part 2'

Thanks to Sandie Rogers (Cygnet Health Care) for providing all the English patient information leaflets.

Wales

On 29/10/08 the Welsh Assembly Government published separate information leaflets, which are now available on the NHS Wales website .

• Welsh patient information leaflet 1 - Section 2: Admission for assessment
• Welsh patient information leaflet 2 - Section 3: Admission for treatment
• Welsh patient information leaflet 3 - Section 4: Admission for assessment in cases of emergency
• Welsh patient information leaflet 4 - Section 5(2): Doctor's or Approved Clinician's holding power
• Welsh patient information leaflet 5 - Section 5(4): Nurses' holding power (March 2021)
• Welsh patient information leaflet 6 - Section 7 - no longer on NHS Wales website (as of 4/10/22)
• Welsh patient information leaflet 7 - Section 17A SCT - no longer on NHS Wales website (as of 4/10/22)
• Welsh patient information leaflet 8 - Section 17E - no longer on NHS Wales website (as of 4/10/22)
• Welsh patient information leaflet 9 - Section 20 - no longer on NHS Wales website (as of 4/10/22)
• Welsh patient information leaflet 10 - Section 35: Remand to hospital for assessment
• Welsh patient information leaflet 11 - Section 36: Remand to hospital for treatment
• Welsh patient information leaflet 12 - Section 37: Admission to hospital by a court order
• Welsh patient information leaflet 13 - Section 37: Guardianship (by Court Order)
• Welsh patient information leaflet 14 - Section 37/41: Admission to hospital by a court order with restrictions
• Welsh patient information leaflet 15 - Section 37/41: Recall from CD
• Welsh patient information leaflet 16 - Section 38: Interim hospital order
• Welsh patient information leaflet 17 - Section 45A: Hospital and limitation directions
• Welsh patient information leaflet 18 - Section 47: Transfer to hospital of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment without restrictions
• Welsh patient information leaflet 19 - Section 47/49 - the NHS Wales link to leaflet 19 wrongly goes to leaflet 20
• Welsh patient information leaflet 20 - Section 48 (and section 49): Transfer to hospital of an unsentenced prisoner from a remand prison or remand centre with or without restrictions
• Welsh patient information leaflet 21 - Section 135: Admission of persons removed by police under a court warrant
• Welsh patient information leaflet 22 - Section 136: Removal etc of mentally disordered persons without a warrant
• Welsh patient information leaflet 23 - Patients admitted to hospital from the courts
• Welsh patient information leaflet 24 - Your nearest relative under the Mental Health Act 1983