The issue that arises in this case concerns non-compliant incapacitated patients, that is those who are not willing to be admitted and do not have the capacity to consent to admission, to psychiatric hospitals pending the making of an application for their compulsory admission to hospital for assessment under section 2 Mental Health Act 1983
Judges:
Mr Justice Supperstone
Citations:
[2011] EWHC 2617 (QB), [2012] 2 WLR 1071, [2012] MHLR 94, [2012] PTSR 742, [2012] QB 760, [2012] Med LR 123
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Health
Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.445454
