The
Mental Health Act Commission is responsible for keeping under review the
implementation of the Mental Health Act 1983 as it relates to patients
who are detained or are liable to be detained. We have a number of responsibilities
and have adopted the mission statement ‘safeguarding the interests
of all people detained under the Mental Health Act’. Through this
site you can find out more about our responsibilities and what we do.
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Summit on The Safety of Patients
The Mental Health Act Commission has signed the Charter for the Safety of Patients. The Charter was launched by the Healthcare Commission and National Patient Safety Agency on 22 February 2007. |
MHAC are committed to ensuring that patient safety remains at the heart of mental healthcare and welcomes the commitment by other healthcare bodies to improve safety and care for patients.
http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases.cfm
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Open Letter to Professor Louis Appleby
The national confidential inquiry into suicide and homicide by people with a mental illness, entitled “Avoidable Deaths”, was published on the 4 December 2006
http://www.medicine.manchester.ac.uk/suicideprevention/nci/
The MHAC has written an open letter to Professor Louis Appleby, the National Director for Mental Health and Director of the Inquiry, which states that, although the MHAC supports all efforts to ensure patient safety and to encourage high quality patient care, particularly where such safety is guaranteed by appropriate staffing levels and effective risk assessment, we are concerned at the report’s blurring of important legal distinctions over powers available in respect of informal and detained patients.
 The letter and ensuing correspondence is available here
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Disability Equality Scheme and Action Plan
We published our Disability Equality Scheme and Action Plan in November 2006. The Scheme was drawn up in consultation with staff, Commissioners and service users, and we are currently seeking wider views on the Scheme through public consultation. Find out more |
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MHAC Policy Briefing to Commissioners on the Mental Health Bill 2006 |
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Who's been sleeping in my bed? The incidence and impact of bed over-occupancy in mental health acute sector.
Findings of the Mental Health Act Commission's Bed Occupancy Survey.
Find out more |
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The National Mental Health and Ethnicity Census 2005
Published 8th November 2006 "Count me in: The National Mental Health and Ethnicity Census 2005 Service User Survey", highlighting the findings of 394 face-to-face interviews with patients in 41 services in England and Wales.
Find out more |
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Second Opinion Appointed Doctor Service Review
The Mental Health act Commission is undertaking a fundamental review of the Second Opinion Appointed Doctor (SOAD) Service. (see press release)
The Mental Health Act commission invites anyone with an interest to contribute their views on any aspect of the SOAD service.
Please send your contributions to soad.review@mhac.org.uk by 31st October 2006 |
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The Mental Health Act Commission's Response to the Government's Announcement on the Mental Health Bill.
Press Release
Policy Briefing |
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Count Me In National
Mental Health & Ethnicity Census 2005
(England and Wales)
The results of the Count Me In Census published in December, show
that Black African and Caribbean people are three times more likely
to be admitted to hospital and up to 44% more likely to be detained
under the Mental Health Act. Download the report here
or Press Release here.
http://www.mhac.org.uk/census2006/2005results.php
Find out about Count Me In 2006 here.
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Count Me In National Mental Health
& Ethnicity Census 2005 Stage 2 The Commision has compiled
a list of Frequently Asked Questions in order to aid with the stage
2 process Find
out more |
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