This bill reforms the Mental Health Act 1983 to strengthen patients' rights, limit detention of autistic and learning disabled people, require clinician and patient involvement in treatment decisions, and improve tribunal scrutiny of detention.
A Bill to make provision to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 in relation to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Baroness Merron, Wes Streeting
Introduced: 2024-11-06
Royal Assent: 2025-12-18