Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will amend the Mental Health Act to ensure a patient cannot be assessed for detention under the Mental Health Act by a doctor with an outstanding complaint against them in relation to their care of that patient.

There are currently no plans to include this provision in the Mental Health Act. The Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Committee has reported on the Draft Mental Health Bill and Government is considering their recommendations and will publish a response in due course. The Government will bring forward legislation when Parliamentary time allows.