22 April 2021 News from BIHR Reforming the Mental Health Act: our response Yesterday, we responded to the Mental Health Act consultation. The Reforming the Mental Health Act consultation was opened by the government in January 2021 to ask people about their views on the government’s proposals for changing the Mental Health Act. The proposals follow the government’s White Paper which showed that there are lots of issues with how the Mental Health Act is working. Find out more about the Mental Health Act consultation process and the government’s suggestions for reform in our plan language Explainer, available here. Our submission amplifies the voices of people accessing, or trying to access, mental health services and their loved ones, and staff working in those services. We called for an approach to reforming the Mental Health Act which recentres human rights, both in policy and practice. Read our response here. New easy read guide to the right to accessibl…

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