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Welcome to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
We are an independent organisation working to safeguard the rights and welfare of everyone with a mental illness, learning disability or other mental disorder.
News...
Our latest investigation: Ms R was an older woman who was subject to guardianship. She died in 2011 after refusing treatment for suspected cervical cancer.
Left Behind: People with severe and enduring mental illness are being "left behind" in Scottish hospitals
Read the Left Behind report
Read the Sunday Herald article
Please get in touch if you'd like to request hard copies.
How to become a DMP/Second Opinion Doctor with the MWC
News archive
About our work
Need telephone advice or information?
Our professionals provide expert telephone and e-mail advice to service users, carers and professionals...
When do we investigate?
We conduct investigations and inquiries where things may have gone wrong and make recommendations for change...
Why do we visit?
Visiting people helps us to check the care and treatment people are getting and to see the kinds of places where care and treatment is provided.
Interested in getting involved in our work?
From time to time vacancies arise at the Commission and these are advertised on our website.
Our Sites
Looking for a report?
Our Reports Hub contains data and analysis about the operation of mental health and incapacity law in Scotland.
Want to share your ideas with others?
At Principles into Practice you can share practical tools, opinion and experience of what works in the delivery of principles based care.
Talking Mental Health is a new web resource which creates customised information sheets. Developed by NHS Health Scotland in partnership with the Mental Welfare Commission.
For tricky questions on mental health and incapacity law, the latest issue of our Chief Executive Advice Notes is now available.