Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
Commons · Question 9673 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Mental Health Bill will (a) protect and (b) enhance the rights of (i) children and (ii) young people who are (A) detained in and (B) admitted informally t
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 28 Oct 2024
The forthcoming Mental Health Bill will strengthen the rights of children and young people, to ensure they are involved in decisions about their care, that they can challenge these decisions and, above all, ensure that they are only detained for treatment...