Thursday, 1 December 2016

Ask the AMHP: Problems with Sec.117 and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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Ask The Masked AMHP for the answers to your thorny MHA related problems. He might know the answer. Or not. The Masked AMHP always tri...
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Thursday, 17 November 2016

Can an AMHP discharge a patient detained under Sec 136 without a doctor?

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An AMHP emailed me to ask “whether a person can still be detained on a Sec.136 once they have been seen by an AMHP (without a doctor) and...
12 comments:
Thursday, 27 October 2016

How difficult can it be to get an ambulance to convey a detained patient to hospital?

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I’m going to tell you a horrifying, but also a tedious and frustrating, true story. It’s all about trying to get an ambulance to transpo...
4 comments:
Friday, 7 October 2016

How Can We Make the AMHP Role Manageable?

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A busy AMHP Hub (all the AMHP's are out on MHA Assessments) Andy McNicoll’s recent analysis of national AMHP shortages , published ...
Tuesday, 27 September 2016

What Exactly is the Ministry of Justice Intending to Do with Mental Health Tribunals?

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Almost everyone who is subject to a section of the Mental Health Act, including Sec.2, 3 & 4, Guardianship and Community Treatment ...
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Thursday, 18 August 2016

What is the Mental Health Act For?

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Working in a busy AMHP office triaging requests for assessments under the Mental Health Act, I am driven to conclude that often an AMHP’s...
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Saturday, 13 August 2016

Sec.136 and Compliance with Article 5 of the Human Rights Act 1998

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Here is a guest blog, written by John Holden, an AMHP with  Surrey Emergency Duty Team, discussing the implications of Article 5 HRA in re...