Reforming the Mental Health Act

The Department of Health and Social Care is proposing a wide range of changes to rebalance the Mental Health Act, to put patients at the centre of decisions about their own care and ensure everyone is treated equally.

Please find a copy of the RCN’s summary of this consultation which includes guidance on how to feed into the RCN response.

More information is available on the Gov website.

To respond, please send your comments to clinicalconsultations@rcn.org.uk