Plans to change the law that tells people what to do when you need to stay in hospital after a mental health crisis.
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The Department of Health & Social Care wants to make mental health care better for people.
The government wants to change the law called the Mental Health Act. They decided to make changes to the law after there was a big review.
They want to make changes so people do not stay in the hospital unless they need to. They also want the changes to stop people being taken to a police or prison cell when waiting for care and treatment.
They have written their ideas in a draft bill. This means you can look at it before it is final.
The next thing to happen is Parliament will look at the ideas. They will tell them how they think they can change the ideas to make a better law.
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Author: HM Government
Date published: 26/09/2022