PART 1LOCAL PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES
Primary mental health assessments
10Action following a primary mental health assessment
1
Where a primary mental health assessment identifies under section 9(1)(b) services which might improve, or prevent a deterioration in, an individual’s mental health, the local mental health partner which carried out the assessment must–
a
if the partner considers that it would be the responsible authority for providing any of the services, decide whether or not the provision of any of those services is called for; and
b
if the partner considers that it would not be the responsible authority for providing any of the services, make a referral to the person whom the partner considers would be the responsible authority for providing those services.
2
A referral under subsection (1)(b) must inform the recipient that–
a
the local mental health partner making the referral has identified services which it considers might improve, or prevent a deterioration in, the individual’s mental health; and
b
that the partner considers that the recipient would be the responsible authority for providing those services.
3
A person to whom a referral has been made must decide whether the provision of any of the services to which the referral relates is called for.
4
In this section “responsible authority” means the person who would be responsible for providing services if a decision were made to provide the services.
5
Nothing in this section requires or authorises a referral to be made to a responsible authority constituted, or acting exclusively, for an area wholly within England.