Community Care

APRIL 24, 2025

The amendment, therefore, sought to limit the duration of CTOs to 12 months and provide that they can only be extended with the agreement of a second psychiatrist and following consultation with the patient and others. These commitments were made as concessions to peers who have raised specific issues or even to stave off defeats.

Mental Health 36

Mental Health Government Interviewing Hospitals 36

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 17, 2025

The task force says a consultant should draw up the tool and determine how the information obtained from the tools may be used to adjust a treatment plan for the child or youth while they are in out-of-home care. Even more restrictions, more onerous treatment for any child the assessment tool thinks might run away?

Child Welfare 69

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Self-harm 69

Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A new duty on the patient’s responsible clinician to consult with a professional involved in the patient’s treatment when taking the decision to discharge. There is a duty on the treating clinician to consider certain matters and take a number of steps when deciding whether to administer medical treatment to a patient.

Mental Health 56

Mental Health Government Criminal Justice Disability 56