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TAKING FORWARD THE
MENTAL
CPPS
HEALTH BILL
How Do We Ensure Excellent Services for People
with Mental Illness?
- Ensuring Effective Partnerships, Treatment,
h Government is scrapping the
draft Mental Health Bill Protection, Universality and Advocacy
2004
h A new shorter Bill will be
introduced to amend the Friday 7 July 2006
Mental Health Act of 1983 The Royal Commonwealth Society, London
h New and innovative
community services are to
increase choice, enable more Contributors Include:
home treatment, and
provide assertive outreach Kathryn Pugh (SOS Project Lead, Young Minds)
and early intervention
h Much shorter than the draft
Teresa Reynolds (Head of Policy, Victim Support)
2004 Bill, the new one Maria Duggan (Independent Consultant and Researcher)
retains several key
controversial proposals Dr Clare Lamb (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist)
h There remain issues needing Paul Corry (Director of Campaigns and Communications, Rethink)
resolution
h For this Bill to be inclusive it David Lye (Mental Health Bill Implementation Project Manager, DH)
should consider the needs of Dr Andrew McCulloch (Chief Executive, Mental Health Foundation)
all members of society
Prof Nigel Eastman (Professor of Law and Ethics in Psychiatry, SGUL)
This seminar provides a forum Chief Omilade Oladele (Director of Development, Gus John Partnership)
for debate for all those
interested in the future of Keith Smith (Chief Executive, British Institute of Learning Disabilities, BILD)
mental health With a Senior Representative from the
Mental Health Strategy Group, ADSS
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TAKING FORWARD THE MENTAL HEALTH BILL
HOW DO WE ENSURE EXCELLENT SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS?
ENSURING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS, TREATMENT, PROTECTION,
UNIVERSALITY AND ADVOCACY
Friday 7 July
Government is scrapping the draft Mental Health Bill The amended Bill will not put the right of access to
2004. A new shorter Bill will be introduced to amend the advocacy on a statutory footing for patients detained under
Mental Health Act of 1983. Presented as a “streamlined the Mental Health Act. The Mental Health Alliance are
bill which will be simpler to understand and less costly to concerned that advocacy will not be universally available
implement than previous proposals”, it has had a cautious without legislation.
welcome from mental health campaigners.
More controversial is the removal of the "treatability
Mental health has been identified as one of the key health test" which says that people with psychopathic disorder or
priorities in the UK. Increased funding and an improved mental impairment can only be detained if treatment is
skill base of professionals treating patients without their "likely to alleviate or prevent deterioration in [their]
consent lies at the heart of the proposals. New and condition". The Government proposes to replace this with
innovative community services are to increase choice, a test (applying to all groups of patients) of whether
enable more home treatment, and provide assertive "appropriate treatment is available".
outreach and early intervention. Government aims to Campaigners welcome the scrapping of the draft bill, but
protect patients and the wider public from harm, strengthen remain concerned about what future legislation will mean.
patient safeguards and support service modernisation.
There remain many issues needing resolution. There
Much shorter than the draft 2004 Bill, the new one are matters of vital importance absent from the new Bill.
retains several key proposals. Government says Despite clear evidence that black and minority ethnic
compulsory supervised treatment in the community for people are consistently over-represented in the system,
patients discharged from compulsory hospital treatment there are no clear guidelines to tackle this. Children and
will help those caught in a “revolving door” of relapse and young people have not received particular attention, and
readmission because they fail to take medication. Will questions remain about provision for people with learning
increased compulsion dissuade those with mental health disabilities. For this Bill to be inclusive it should
problems from seeking help? consider the needs of all members of society.
The amended bill will also close a legal loophole (the This seminar brings together policy makers, practitioners
Bournewood Gap) following a judgment by the European and campaigners to discuss the future of the Mental Health
Court of Human Rights, that people who lack the capacity to Bill. It looks at partnerships required for full implementation
consent to treatment need legal protection to ensure they of a positive mental health agenda and provides a forum
are not being detained illegally in hospitals or care homes. for debate for all those interested in the future of mental
health.
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Taking Forward the Mental Health Bill
How Do We Achieve Excellent Services for People with Mental Illness?
How Do We Ensure Effective Partnerships, Treatment, Protection, Universality and Advocacy?
Friday 7 July 2006
09.00 Reception and refreshments
09.30 Chair's welcome and opening remarks
Maria Duggan, Independent Consultant and Researcher
9.45 Taking forward the Mental Health Bill : Ensuring excellent and inclusive mental health services
- Government's agenda and expectations
David Lye, Mental Health Bill Implementation Project Manager, Department of Health
10.05 How can statutory bodies and professionals best meet the challenges of the legislation
and achieve excellence in provision
a. The NHS and the medical profession
Professor Nigel Eastman, Professor of Law and Ethics in Psychiatry, St George's, University of London;
Chairman of the Law Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
10.25 b. Local government and social care
Representative, Mental Health Strategy Group, The Association of Directors of Social Services
10.45 Panel discussion
11.25 Mid morning coffee, tea and refreshments
11.40 How do we achieve the best quality partnerships and advocacy?
Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive, Mental Health Foundation
12.00 How can the non-statutory sectors make the greatest contribution?
Paul Corry, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Rethink
12.20 How do we ensure the most effective facilities for children and young people?
Kathryn Pugh, SOS Project Lead, Young Minds, and Dr Clare Lamb, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist,
North Wales Adolescent Service, Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust
12.50 Panel discussion
13.30 Lunch
14.30 How do we ensure that black and minority ethnic people are properly provided for and do not suffer discrimination?
Chief Omilade Oladele, Director of Development, Gus John Partnership
14.50 How do we ensure that people with learning disabilities are properly provided for and do not suffer discrimination?
Keith Smith, Chief Executive, British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD)
15.10 Victims and potential victims - how do we provide protection, information and services?
Teresa Reynolds, Head of Policy, Victim Support
15.30 Panel Discussion
16.00 Where is all this taking us? What are we likely to achieve in the next decade?
How will it impact on the different stakeholders?
Maria Duggan, Independent Consultant and Researcher
16.20 Final discussion
16.30 Close of seminar
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