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Welcome to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
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.
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Our professionals provide expert telephone and e-mail advice to service users, carers and professionals.
We visit people to check they are getting the right care and treatment. We ask for changes where these are needed.
We conduct investigations and inquiries where things may have gone wrong and make recommendations for change.
We check individual care and treatment is in line with the law and monitor the use of mental health and incapacity law in Scotland.
We consult and produce guidance on best practice in the application of mental health and incapacity law.
We have an influential voice in the way services and policies are developed in Scotland.
