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...