Accountability

Information about use of force
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1
The responsible person for each mental health unit must publish information for patients about the rights of patients in relation to the use of force by staff who work in that unit.
2
Before publishing the information under subsection (1), the responsible person must consult any persons that the responsible person considers appropriate.
3
The responsible person must provide any information published under this section—
a
to each patient, and
b
to any other person who is in the unit and to whom the responsible person considers it appropriate to provide the information in connection with the patient,
unless the patient (where paragraph (a) applies) or the other person (where paragraph (b) applies) refuses the information.
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The information must be provided to the patient—
a
if the patient is in the mental health unit at the time when this section comes into force, as soon as reasonably practicable after that time;
b
in any other case, as soon as reasonably practicable after the patient is admitted to the mental health unit.
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The responsible person must take whatever steps are reasonably practicable to ensure that the patient is aware of the information and understands it.
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The responsible person must keep under review any information published under this section.
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The responsible person may from time to time revise any information published under this section and, if this is done, must publish the information as revised.
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If the responsible person considers that any revisions would amount to a substantial change in the information, the responsible person must consult any persons that the responsible person considers appropriate before publishing the revised information.
S. 4 in force at 31.3.2022 by S.I. 2021/1372, reg. 2(d)