http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/section/40Mental Health Act 2025enStatute Law Database2026-04-09Expert Participation2026-04-06 40 Schedule 3 contains amendments relating to independent mental health advocates, including amendments which— a provide for informal patients to qualify for help from independent mental health advocates; b impose duties on hospital managers and others to notify providers of advocacy services about qualifying patients; c impose duties on providers of advocacy services to arrange for certain patients to be interviewed to find out whether they want to use those services. S. 40 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 56(3)