In April of this year the updated COP for the Mental Health Act 1983 went live and introduced an improved Code with amended and some completely new chapters.
Key Changes:-
– 5 new guiding principles
– New chapters on care planning, human rights, equality and health inequalities
– Consideration of when to use the Mental Health Act and when to use the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
– Information to support victims (of part 3 patients
– New sections on physical health care, blanket restrictions, duties to support patients with dementia, learning disabilities and autism and immigration detainees
– Significantly updated chapters on the appropriate use of restrictive interventions, particularly seclusion and long-term segregation, police powers and places of safety
– Further guidance on how to support children and young people
There are also other less obvious changes made in response to, among other things, Winterbourne View and updated legislation and revised standards.
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