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Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 mentioned

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19 May 2025, 9:36 p.m. - House of Commons "passing of the mental health units use of force act 2018, otherwise " Jim Dickson MP (Dartford, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Mental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting) 97 speeches (19,160 words) Committee stage: 9th sitting Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Public Bill Committees Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Jen Craft (Lab - Thurrock) Currently, the use of restraint is governed by the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018, which - Link to Speech 2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberafan Maesteg) moving it on her behalf.The new clause seeks to recreate some of the duties from the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act - Link to Speech
Mental Health Bill [Lords] 147 speeches (40,481 words) 2nd reading2nd Reading Monday 19th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Jim Dickson (Lab - Dartford) Despite the passing of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018—otherwise known as Seni’s law—which - Link to Speech
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

Parliamentary Research
Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-25: progress of the bill - CBP-10317 Aug. 01 2025 Found: Care, Stephen Kinnock, said the clause would duplicate some of the duties from the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act
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

Bill Documents
Jun. 24 2025 Written evidence submitted by Dr Jacqueline Dyer MBE (MHB63) Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Written evidence Found: Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018. UK Parliament, 2018.
Jun. 19 2025 Written evidence submitted by Rethink Mental Illness: General submission on the Bill (MHB57a) Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Written evidence Found: pertinent to the cohort of patients affected by the Mental Health Act: · the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act
Jun. 19 2025 Written evidence submitted by Rethink Mental Illness: Further submission on the Statutory Implementation of the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF) (MHB57b) Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Written evidence Found: In the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018, there is also recent evidence that simply enacting
Jun. 10 2025 Written evidence submitted by Blooming Change (MHB15) Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Written evidence Found: Change: • Member’s accounts of restraint and seclusion have been included in the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act

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

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

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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 Senedd Debates
2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care None speech (None words) Wednesday 7th May 2025 - None

Welsh Senedd Speeches
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