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When we have concerns about the rights and welfare of people subject to a particular part of the law, or who use a particular kind of service, we make further inquiries. This can be desk based, using information that is supplied to us by law, through telephone interviews, or through visits to individuals whose care and treatment is being delivered under mental health or incapacity law.
This work helps us to get a more detailed picture of what is happening across Scotland and what may need to change in order to ensure care and treatment is in line with the law and best ethical and professional practice.
This year we carried out a targeted monitoring programme to find out more about people receiving treatement under the safeguards of Part 16 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003. Between April 2010 and March 2011, a total of 672 cases were looked at across 45 hospitals.
To view a full copy of the report (pdf), please click on the link below:
