Sections 3, 37, 47 or 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983
3.
Guidance on Supervised Discharge (After-care under Supervision) and Related Provisions. HSG (96)11, 15 February 1996
4.
See, for example, The Report of the Inquiry into the Care and Treatment of Christopher Clunis. North East Thames and South East Thames Regional Health Authorities: HMSO, 1994
5.
Building Bridges — A guide to arrangements for interagency working for the care and protection of severely mentally ill people. Department of Health, November 1995, para. 4.1.11
6.
Section 25A of the Mental Health Act 1983
7.
Section 25B(2)(a) of the Mental Health Act 1983
8.
Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983
9.
Guidance on Supervised Discharge (After-care under Supervision) and Related Provisions. HSG (96)11, 15 February 1996; paragraph 22
10.
Section 25E of the Mental Health Act 1983
11.
Guidance on Supervised Discharge (After-care under Supervision) and Related Provisions. HSG (96)11, 15 February 1996; paragraphs 46 and 47
12.
Section 25D(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983
13.
Guidance on Supervised Discharge (After-care under Supervision) and Related Provisions. HSG (96)11, 15 February 1996: paragraph 50
14.
Guidance on Supervised Discharge (After-care under Supervision) and Related Provisions. HSG (96)11, 15 February 1996: paragraph 45
15.
Section 25H of the Mental Health Act 1983
16.
Guidance on Supervised Discharge (After-care under Supervision) and Related Provisions. HSG (96)11, 15 February 1996: paragraph 3
17.
See: Care not Coercion, report issued by Mind, British Association of Social Workers, Mental Health Foundation, Royal College of Nurses and others, October 1995
18.
See, for example, Legal Powers on the Care of the Mentally Ill in the Community; Report of the Internal Review Department of Health, August 1993, at 36. See also, John Bowis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, Hansard, HC Vol. 262, col. 183
19.
Code of Practice to the Act, paragraph 15.12
20.
Freeman v Home Office (No. 2) [1984] QB 524
21.
NAHAT Research Paper no. 23. Mental Health Care — From Problems to Solutions: An NHS Perspective. NAHAT, 1997
22.
See Results from the CPNA Survey into CPNs' Experience of the Care Programme Approach and Supervised Discharge. Community Psychiatric Nurses' Association, November 1996
