The Masked AMHP

Thursday, 26 April 2018

Are AMHPs an Emergency Service?

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AMHPs of the future? Working as I do in an AMHP hub, where part of my job is triaging requests for assessments under the Mental Health ...
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Wednesday, 11 April 2018

The Ins and the Outs of Guardianship

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S.7, guardianship, is not the most extensively used of sections in the Mental Health Act. Indeed, as you can see from the NHS Digital ...
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Thursday, 1 March 2018

Ask the AMHP: Yet more ridiculous problems with S.117 Aftercare

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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 t...
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Friday, 2 February 2018

Can a person in police custody be detained under S.136?

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Following the recent changes to S.136 MHA by the Policing & Crime Act, there has been some discussion in mental health circles about ...
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Monday, 22 January 2018

Can a person be detained under more than one section of the Mental Health Act at once?

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This is by no means as straightforward an issue as it may seem, and can from time to time create difficulties and anomalies. While as...
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Monday, 18 December 2017

So you think you have what it takes to be an AMHP? The Masked AMHP’s Christmas Quiz!

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The AMHP of the future? Warning: Contains gratuitous examples of reprehensible practice. Lots of people want to be AMHPs – they’re ...
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The Masked AMHP
I was an Approved Mental Health Professional and Practice Consultant working for a local authority AMHP Service in England. I practiced under 3 Mental Health Acts, since as long ago as 1981, even before the 1983 Mental Health Act. Which makes me pretty ancient now. I am now retired. This blog is designed to illuminate and explain the functions and dilemmas of an AMHP within the Mental Health Act. It is intended to be of help to professionals and service users alike. I hope that it is both informative and entertaining.
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