Annual report of Graylingwell Hospital : 65th, 1963.

  • Graylingwell Hospital (Chichester, England)
Date:
1963
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Credit: Annual report of Graylingwell Hospital : 65th, 1963. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Short Explanation of Certain Sections of the Mental Health Act, 1959 Sec. 5 Informal patients. No statutory requirements with regard to admission or discharge. Sec. 25 Observation patients. Maximum duration 28 days. Application made by nearest relative or Mental Welfare Officer, supported by two Medical Recommendations. Sec. 26 Treatment Cases. This section is used only when the patient is unwilling to remain in Hospital but is in his interests or those of the community that he should do so. Sec. 29 Emergency Cases. Maximum duration 72 hours. Application made by nearest relative or Mental Welfare Officer supported by a Medical Recommendation. Sec. 60 Patients who are referred to the Hospital by a Court of Law. Sec. 65 Patients referred to the Hospital by a Court of Law and with a special restriction upon discharge from Hospital. Sec. 71 Patients transferred to Hospital who had previously been ordered to be detained during Her Majesty's pleasure.