United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 10656
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
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4 June 2021
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9 June 2021 · Answer
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9 June 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people detained under the Mental Health Act between 1983 and 2000 who were misdiagnosed with (a) schizophrenia and (b) any other psychia
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4 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people detained under the Mental Health Act between 1983 and 2000 who were misdiagnosed with (a) schizophrenia and (b) any other psychia
Source: Commons
9 June 2021
Answer
We have made no such estimate. Patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 for three months, who have not consented to treatment or believe they have been wrongly diagnosed or medicated, have the right to a second opinion from the Second Opinion Ap...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-04/10656
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1329524
- uk · wq-1329524 · source updated 9 June 2021