Question follow-through · 50662

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
20 May 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 May 2025

    Answer published

    Representations received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been used to modernise the Mental Health Act, to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and to ensure that everyone...

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