> Robert Treharne Jones wrote:
> > Can someone remind me what the rules are about sectioning? I had to do
> > another last Saturday while on call, and yet again it was anything but
> > straightforward.
>
> http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/01/94/51/04019451.pdf
> in
>
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidanceArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4008834&chk=7qL%2B/6
> or
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?V10916AD9
>
> Looks like your attendance for an emergency Section 4 was not necessary.
Yes, you were unnecessary as usual Robert :-) :-) :-)
Nigel Turner's HyperGUIDE to the Mental Health Act
is a nice quick guide
Forms and advice can be downloaded
http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/01/94/51/04019451.pdf
AND
there is NO need for both Drs for section 2 (which this was not!) to be
present at the same time - they just have to have seen the patient within 48 hours.
David Jobson
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