Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
(asked on 25th March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether those who were detained under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 but have since been released will continue to be legally entitled to the provision of after-care by social services under section 117 of that Act, following the enactment of the Coronavirus Act 2020.
This question was answered on 23rd April 2020
The Coronavirus Act 2020 does not provide for any changes to legal entitlements for aftercare services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983.