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The Mental Health (Correspondence of Patients, Patient Advocacy and Liaison Services) Regulations 2003
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- 2003 No. 2042
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Patient advocacy and liaison service
2. In section 134 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (correspondence of patients), for the purposes of subsection (3)(ea)(1), “patient advocacy and liaison service” means a service affording assistance in the form of advice and liaison for patients, their families and carers provided by—
(a)an NHS trust(2); or
(b)a Primary Care Trust(3).
(1)
Section 134(3)(ea) was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 5, Part 1 to the 2001 Act.
(2)
See section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).
(3)
See section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49).
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