Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 - Alert Sample

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Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Mental Health Bill [HL] 68 speeches (14,843 words) Report stage Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) accountable.There is a model for the use of a responsible person at unit level, in the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act - Link to Speech 2: None That is underlined particularly by the delays in the implementation of both the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act - Link to Speech
Mental Health Bill [HL] 100 speeches (21,212 words) Report stage part one Monday 31st March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) Although I acknowledge the introduction of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018, this legislation - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) On Amendments 3 and 55, there is a requirement in the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 to - Link to Speech
Mental Health Bill [HL] 92 speeches (27,232 words) Committee stage part one Monday 24th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) This fact was recognised in the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018, which came into effect in - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) noble Lord, Lord Kamall.The amendment largely replicate duties under Section 6 of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Friday 28th February 2025 Written Evidence - Mind MHB0025 - Mental Health Bill Mental Health Bill - Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: This could be modelled on the responsible person role in Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018
Wednesday 19th February 2025 Written Evidence - Article 39 MHB0023 - Mental Health Bill Mental Health Bill - Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: Change:  Member’s accounts of restraint and seclusion have been included in the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act
Wednesday 19th February 2025 Written Evidence - Bristol University MHB0022 - Mental Health Bill Mental Health Bill - Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 (Seni’s law).

Parliamentary Research
Autism policy and services: Health and social care - CBP-10232 Apr. 02 2025 Found: a statutory footing through the Mental Health Bill (see section 1.6 below) The Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act

Department Publications - Transparency
Tuesday 17th December 2024 Department of Health and Social Care Source Page: DHSC annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024 Document: (PDF) Found: The majority of the provisions within the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018, also known as
Tuesday 17th December 2024 Department of Health and Social Care Source Page: DHSC annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024 Document: (PDF) Found: The majority of the provisions within the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018, also known as

Arms Length Bodies Publications
Apr. 03 2025 NHS England Source Page: NHS Standard Contract 2025/26 technical guidance Document: NHS Standard Contract 2025/26 technical guidance (PDF) NHS Standard Contract Found: Provider’s Responsible Person for the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 SC3.17 Where
Jan. 30 2025 NHS England Source Page: NHS Standard Contract draft 2025/26 technical guidance Document: NHS Standard Contract draft 2025/26 technical guidance (PDF) NHS Standard Contract Found: Provider’s Responsible Person for the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 SC3.17 Where

Deposited Papers

Tuesday 18th March 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Source Page: I. Letter dated 14/03/2025 from Baroness Merron to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding deposit of delegated power policy papers relating to the Mental Health Bill. 1p. II. Clause 4, Learning disability and autism: statutory guidance. 2p. III. Clause 4, Learning disability and autism: Registers of people at risk of detention. 4p. IV. Policy paper: Clause 4, Learning disability and autism: Duties on integrated care boards and local authorities. 3p. V. Clause 18, Electroconvulsive therapy. 3p. VI. Clause 20, Care and treatment plans.4p. VII. Clause 31, References to tribunals for patients concerned in criminal proceedings. 3p. VIII. Schedule 3, Independent mental health advocates. 3p.
Document: Clause_20_Care_and_Treatment_Plans.pdf (PDF)

Found: (e) the reasons for any use of force for example under the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018

Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 mentioned in Welsh results

Welsh Committee Publications
PDF - LCM MH07 - Mind Cymru Inquiry: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Mental Health Bill Found: Welsh Government should use the Mental Health Bill as an opportunity to extend the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act
PDF - report Inquiry: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Mental Health Bill Found: ensure it aligns with evolving needs, and for the Welsh Government to extend the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act

Welsh Government Publications
Wednesday 7th June 2023 Source Page: Liberty protection safeguards Document: Equality impact assessment (EIA): Liberty Protection Safeguards (PDF) Found:  Extending the powers of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act, ‘Seni’s Law’, to seclusion.
Monday 14th June 2021 Source Page: Guidance on reducing restrictive practices in childcare, education, health and social care settings Document: Consultation document (PDF) Found:  Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice for Wales (Welsh Government, 2016)  Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act