What Exactly is the Ministry of Justice Intending to Do with Mental Health...
Almost everyone who is subject to a section of the Mental Health Act, including Sec.2, 3 & 4, Guardianship and Community Treatment Orders, is entitled to appeal against their detention. Prior to...
View ArticleHow Can We Make the AMHP Role Manageable?
A busy AMHP Hub (all the AMHP's are out on MHA Assessments) Andy McNicoll’s recent analysis of national AMHP shortages, published in Community Care, revealed a desperate situation across England. The...
View ArticleHow Can We Make the AMHP Role Manageable?
A busy AMHP Hub (all the AMHP's are out on MHA Assessments) Andy McNicoll’s recent analysis of national AMHP shortages, published in Community Care, revealed a desperate situation across England. The...
View ArticleHow Can We Make the AMHP Role Manageable?
A busy AMHP Hub (all the AMHP's are out on MHA Assessments) Andy McNicoll’s recent analysis of national AMHP shortages, published in Community Care, revealed a desperate situation across England. The...
View ArticleCan an AMHP discharge a patient detained under Sec 136 without a doctor?
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 assessed as not requiring detention”. A discussion followed,...
View ArticleWhat is the Mental Health Act For?
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 role is as guardian and upholder of the law. We can receive...
View ArticleAsk the AMHP: Problems with Sec.117 and Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Ask The Masked AMHP for the answers to your thorny MHA related problems. He might know the answer. Or not. The Masked AMHP always tries to assist people, whether professionals or patients, who ask for...
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