Case review rights for psychiatric patients

Patients admitted against their will to psychiatric hospitals can have their cases independently reviewed from today.

Patients admitted against their will to psychiatric hospitals can have their cases independently reviewed from today.

Under the Mental Health Act, a Mental Health Tribunal can automatically adjudicate on people who are involuntarily committed to institutions.

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