Section 40: Independent mental health advocates

Mental Health Act 2025 · 2025 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Schedule 3 contains amendments relating to independent mental health advocates, including amendments which—

provide for informal patients to qualify for help from independent mental health advocates;
impose duties on hospital managers and others to notify providers of advocacy services about qualifying patients;
impose duties on providers of advocacy services to arrange for certain patients to be interviewed to find out whether they want to use those services.

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