A Detained Patient's Right to Visitors
Data Law Limited
Summary
- Tutor is available to students
Overview
Learning Outcomes
- On completion of this course viewers will have a greater understanding of a patient’s right to visitors and will feel more confident when advising clients regarding this issue
What is the target audience?
- Mental health practitioners
Description
This session examines adult patients who are detained under the mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and their right to visitors, including the right to be able to communicate with friends and family on the telephone. It will also explore the circumstances under which visitors can be restricted and the guidelines which are issued to healthcare professionals.
Providing an invaluable insight for those who currently specialise in mental health law and tribunal work or those who wish to do so, bite-size session will consider the following topics:
- Right to be visited
- Visits which must take place in private
- Making arrangements for visits
- Excluding and restricting visitors
- Patients in seclusion
- Searches
- Mail communication
- Telephone communication
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