Our overview of the use of the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
The purpose of this part of the report is to give a national overview and our commentary on the use of the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 . This report highlights:
- variations in the use of the legislation across different geographical areas (NHS Board and Local Authority areas);
- issues in the use of legislation for particular categories of individual;
- trends in the use of legislation over time.
We have presented information on the use of the Mental Health (Care & Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003 slightly differently this year. This part of our report is divided into four broad parts:
- new orders granted in 2009-10
- total number of orders in existence
- monitoring of priority areas
- additional findings from our monitoring programme 2009-10
