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Landmark reform of mental health laws
Major reform of Mental Health Act will empower individuals to have more control over their treatment and deliver on a key manifesto commitment.
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13 January 2021
Major reform of Mental Health Act will empower individuals to have more control over their treatment and deliver on a key manifesto commitment.
Reforms will deliver parity between mental and physical health services and put patients’ views at the centre of their care.
Plan will tackle mental health inequalities including disproportionate detention of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (
BAME) communities, the use of the act to detain people with learning disabilities and autism, and improve care for patients within the criminal justice system.
Sweeping reforms to the Mental Health Act that the government said would make the system fairer and more patient-centred have been unveiled today. Under
We must bring the Mental Health Act into the 21st century
The Health and Social Care Secretary spoke to Parliament about the publication of the Mental Health Act white paper.
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With permission, I’d like to make a statement on reforming the Mental Health Act.
Even in the midst of the pandemic, I am enormously grateful for the work that my team and the NHS have done, led by Sir Simon Wessely and Claire Murdoch, and my honourable friend the Minister for Mental Health, to deliver this white paper which we publish today to bring mental health legislation into the 21st century.
Hospital admissions for children with eating disorders have risen by almost a fifth in two years, according to new figures.
NHS Digital data for England shows there were 21,794 admissions for eating disorders in all age groups in 2019-20, up 13% from 2018-19 and 32% from 2017-18.
For children under 18, there were 4,962 admissions - up 9% from 2018-19 and 19% from 2017-18.
The vast majority of these were teenagers - but some 418 admissions in 2019-20 were for 10 to 12-year-olds.
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Almost half of the 418 admissions among 10 to 12-year-olds were for girls with anorexia while there were also admissions for a range of eating disorders among children under 10.