Event location: Portland Place, London
Date: 24th Mar 2011
This one day conference provides an important update on the Mental Health Act with a focus on the CQC Mental Health Act annual report 2009/10 which was released in October. The conference opens with an update on implementing the recommendations from the CQC report and looking at the whole pathway for detained patients from initial assessment to the provision of aftercare.
Topics include:
- Improving care and experience for patients detained under the Mental Health Act
- Monitoring the Mental Health Act in practice: national progress
- Improving the experience of detained patients: the service user perspective
- Improving practice in the implementation of the Mental Health Act in a mental health trust
- Improving practice in the implementation of the Mental Health Act in the community
- Priority Areas for Improvement: these areas were identified by the Care Quality Commission within their Mental Health Act Annual Report 2009/10
- Mental Health Act legal masterclass
- Assessing the appropriateness of community treatment orders and ensuring involvement and understanding
- The Mental Health Act and the Mental Health Strategy
Full details and online booking at www.healthcare-events.co.uk/event/603