New mental health powers threaten rights, claim lawyers
Lawyers are lining up to challenge the legality of the new Mental Health Act as fears about the imminent new powers grow among patients.
"People in England and Wales deserve a mental health law based on civil liberties rather than one based on 1950s principles of locking people up".
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ReplyDeleteHas it been debated and passed in the House of Commons ?