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Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

Commons · Question 50662 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 May 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 May 2025

Representations received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been used to modernise the Mental Health Act, to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and to ensure that everyone...