House of Lords member warns Supreme Court ruling threatens Mental Health Act reforms
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Natalie Bennett
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A member of the House of Lords expresses deep concern over a Supreme Court ruling that undermines the Mental Health Act 2025. The Act was designed to strengthen patient voice and agency, ensuring detention is used only when necessary and that people with learning disabilities or autism are not detained solely for those reasons. The ruling risks reversing these protections.
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· 3 pulledI, and about a score of other members of the House of Lords spent a lot time last year on the Mental Health Act 2025, seeking to ensured it delivered the broad cross-party intention of strengthening the voice and agency of parients and ensuring that detention was only used when, and for as long as, necessary.
Additionally, it directed that people with a learning disability or autistic people should not be detained solely for that reason, unless they also have a co-occurring 'psychiatric disorder' that warrants it.
But there's a real risk that a Supreme Court ruling this week could results
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