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Infographic: How long do short term detentions last and how do they end?
… An infographic summarising our research paper on how long short term detentions last and how they end. … The … extended There were fewer lapsed STDCs in compared to When do STDCs start and finish All STDCs were more likely to start …
Published 14 Oct, 2021 | .pdf, 150.8 KB
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Guardianship research, analysis and projects 2014
… 78 How the Commission currently allocates visits … that orders are being created for adults who potentially do not require them. There are also concerns raised about the … Modern substitute decision making is an evolution on the long legal tradition of appointing a ‘guardian’ to make …
Published 20 Apr, 2015 | .pdf, 2.7 MB
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Short Term Detentions
… report from visits to one in five people receiving short-term compulsory care and treatment in Scotland. … Short … best practice in relation to the principles or the Act We do this in a number of ways one of these is by visiting … services W e have a strong and influential voice in how services and policies are developed W e gather …
Published 1 Jan, 2010 | .pdf, 123.7 KB
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Suspension of detention
… - an emergency detention certificate EDC Sections and - a short term detention certificate STDC Sections and a … grounds The Scottish Government s recent guidance outlines how the main purpose of suspension of detention is to act as … practitioner under s b to act in place of the RMO and do that This would be unusual Granting suspension of …
Published 20 Jan, 2022 | .pdf, 1 MB
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Mental Health Act monitoring 2013/2014
… civil orders granted - Figure Trend in the granting of new long-term civil orders - five year moving average Figure Six … most interventions under the Act We use these to report on how the Act is used We also continue to report geographical … reported elsewhere in our report are larger because they do include these additional people Our interest in these …
Published 9 Oct, 2014 | .pdf, 1.1 MB
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Death in detention monitoring
… We were asked how many people died while subject to compulsory treatment. … on a compulsory treatment order were detained under a short term detention certificate Two were detained under an … homes often with the appointment of a welfare guardian We do not think the comparative rates of death in the over age …
Published 13 Mar, 2014 | .pdf, 597.7 KB
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The use of the Mental Health Act in Scotland during the Covid-19 pandemic
… 1 March 2020 and 28 February 2021. We look in detail into how many detentions there were, where and when they took … was for Emergency Detention Certificates EDCs average for Short Term Detention Certificates STDCs average and for … under the Mental Health Act we also calculated how long ago it was that a person had been subject to the Mental …
Published 29 Jul, 2021 | .pdf, 1.5 MB
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Annual monitoring report 08-09
… orders granted The use of emergency detention certificates Short-term detention under the Mental Health Care Treatment … mental disorder We provide statistical information on how each piece of legislation is used We also use our … much greater for men than for women The number of existing long-term orders is stable with about a third of people now …
Published 1 Jan, 2009 | .pdf, 1.3 MB
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Emergency detention
… ALREADY IN HOSPITAL VOLUNTARILY Who we are and what we do We put individuals with mental illness learning disability … or the safety of any other person Arranging to grant a short-term detention certificate would involve undesirable … to be lawful but the result is an inaccurate picture of how emergency detention is used We found variations in …
Published 31 Oct, 2012 | .pdf, 429.2 KB