Mental health groups welcome long-awaited announcement of new laws

Mental Health Reform, a coalition of groups working in the area, said they had been campaigning for such action over the past six years, describing the current legislation as 'significantly out of line' with international human rights.

Mental health groups have welcomed the Government’s decision to draft a new mental health law.

Health ministers announced that the Cabinet had agreed a new bill be drafted to amend and update the Mental Health Act 2001.