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30 March 2017. Directorate Population Health Directorate. Topic Health and social care. ISBN ... This 10 year strategy sets out a guiding vision for Scotland's mental health to deliver parity of mental and physical health. ... Under the Equality Act 2010, a mental health condition is considered a disability if it has a long-term effect on ...

The Scottish Government's approach to mental health from 2017 to 2027 – a 10 year vision. Part of. Mental Health Strategy Health and Justice Collaboration Improvement Board Supporting documents. Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027. File type 39 page PDF. File size 688.5 kB Main publication ...

On 30 June 2017, the majority of parts 1 and 2 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 came into force, which make changes to the existing 2003 Act. ... Changes to named persons provisions made by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015. From 30 June 2017, changes are being phased in so that a person will not have a named person unless they ...

Regulations 2017 [SSI 2017/175] The Mental Health (Certificates for Medical Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 [SSI 2017/176] ... The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2017 [SSI 2017/197] & Policy Note

Scotland's mental health Mental Health Strategy for Scotland 2017 to 2027. The Scottish Government’s mental health strategy is a 10-year vision for 2017 to 2027. It sets out a range of key commitments, with a summary of actions covering four areas: prevention and early intervention; access to treatment and joined up accessible services

Tuesday 27 June 2017 National Mental Health Strategy 2017/2027 Report by Eibhlin McHugh, Joint Director Health and Social Care 1 Purpose of Report On 30 March 2017 the Scottish Government published a ten-year Mental Health Strategy for Scotland. This report provides a summary of the objectives and key actions outlined in the Strategy. 2 Background

So far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under sections 309(1), as amended by the 2015 Act, and (2ZA) (patients from other jurisdictions) and 310(1) as read with section 310(3A) (regulations as to absconding by other patients) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.

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The Mental Health Strategy set out to transform the mental wellbeing of people in Scotland and the mental health services they use. The Strategy has formed the basis of a programme of work that goes well beyond the initial 40 actions. ... it also describes how the landscape has changed since 2017, with many ambitious pieces of work extending ...

Mental health law in Scotland is covered by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. ... The Mental Health Act and the criminal justice system - Those with serious mental illness should be in hospital and not in prison. The Review recommends changes to allow transfers to happen more easily. ... In 2017, the College ran a ...

01 What is the Mental Health Act all about? This is the new law which says how you can be treated if you have a mental disorder. It also says what your rights are. Mental disorder are the words used in the law to describe someone who has. A mental illness; A learning disability; A personality disorder; The new law says:

The 2003 Act was amended by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 ("the 2015 Act"). Most of the provisions of the 2015 Act, and new regulations, came into force on 30 June 2017. Sections 40 to 45 of Part 2 of the 2015 Act amending the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and Part 3 (sections 54 to 60) amending the Criminal Justice (Scotland ...

MAY 2017. 1 . Contents. Executive summary 3 Foreward 7 Chapter 1 BACKGROUND 8 1. Introduction 8 2. Legal framework 9 3. The use of mental health and capacity law in Scotland and the challenges faced 11 4. Law reform scoping exercise 21 ... However, since the enactment of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 and Mental Health (Care and ...

You can find a full chronology of mental health legislation in the UK here. Acts of the Scottish Parliament (Primary Legislation) Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015.Changes to other legislation:Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997.Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.

In Scotland, the Mental Health Strategy 2017-27 4 was published in 2017 and aims to prevent and treat mental health problems with the same commitment, passion and drive as seen for physical health. A number of key areas were highlighted; prevention and early intervention, access to treatment with joined up accessible services and the importance ...

The main mental health legislation in Scotland is the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, a s amended by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy lays out our long-term vision and approach to improving the mental health and wellbeing for everyone in Scotland and recognises the part ...

In the quarter ending 31 December 2024, the percentage of discharged psychiatric patients followed up by community mental health services within 7 calendar days in Scotland was 56.2%, ranging from 22.8% to 92.7% across Health Boards, compared to 54.3% and ranging from 22.0% to 92.0% in the quarter ending 30 September 2024. Background

Mental health care and treatment engages a range of human rights including the rights to life, liberty, freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, and respect for private and family life. People with mental health issues are also often disadvantaged in accessing other rights like the right to an adequate standard of living, to participate in ...

In 2022, there were 11 mental health in-patient suicides across Scotland, a rate of 5.9 suicides per 10,000 admissions. This was up from eight suicides in 2019, a rate of 3.7 per 10,000 admissions ...