mental health
Posted by David Kidney, MP for Stafford, at 07:39, Wed 2 May 2007:
The law does not currently allow mental health patients to be made to take their treatment in the community (only in a hospital). But now Parliament is considering whether to introduce community treatment orders in England and Wales (Scotland already has them). Is it a good thing to give the doctors and other members of the treatment team power to make patients take treatment outside hospital?
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Posted by Mrs Susan Wyke, 07:52, Wed 2 May 2007: (Is this post abusive?) #
i think if there is evidence that the person's mental health is significantly improved and that the evidence of not takinging it would lead to significant/extream risk to themselves or others, then their maybe a case but it would depend on the safe gaurds. I think this is only acceptable in very extream cases as I do not believe anyone should be forced to take medication unless all other avenues have been explored.
Posted by Richard Tipper, 14:03, Wed 2 May 2007: (Is this post abusive?) #
I think that this should only happen where a person has been such a significant risk to themselves or others that they were previously hospitalised. If medication has then led to them becoming stable enough to return to the community, then yes, there should be provision to enforce that they continue to take that medication.
Posted by David Kidney, 19:50, Mon 14 May 2007: (Is this post abusive?) #
In a very short speech in Committee last Thursday (shorter than I would have liked because of time constraints), I made the case for a cautious introduction of this new power with proper safeguards.