The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland is an independent organisation working to safeguard the rights and welfare of everyone with a mental illness, learning disability or other mental disorder. Our duties are set out in mental health law. This site tells you about us. It also provides information, advice and guidance to help make sure people being treated under the law get effective care and treatment
What are you interested in?
Rights and the law
If you want to know more about your rights under mental health law click here for a list of questions and answers.
Commission looks for new nursing lead
Our Nursing Commissioner is retiring and we are currently recruiting a replacement to the post.Click here for more information and to download an application pack.
Mental Health Tribunal Survey
If you are a service user, or friend or family of a service user and have recently attended a Mental Health Tribunal we want to hear from you. We want to find out how the Tribunal process was for you. To find out more and take part in the Tribunal survey click here.
Justice denied
We have published the findings and recommendations of our report into the care and treatment of Ms A, a woman with a learning disability who was subjected to serious sexual assaults while in the care of the local authority The summary called Justice denied is available now. Please contact us to request a full copy of the report. For a copy of the news release click here.
A forum and on-line resource centre for people working to put principles of mental health law into practice. Click on logo to join.