Letters
Mental Health Act
BMJ 2007; 334 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39086.914109.1F (Published 11 January 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;334:57
What not to learn from devolution
- James Finlayson, consultant psychiatrist jadfinlayson@doctors.net.uk,
- Daniel Vincent Riordan, consultant psychiatrist
- 1New Craigs, Inverness IV3 8NP
Many Scottish psychiatrists do not share Simpson's enthusiasm for the Scottish Mental Health Act.1 The 2003 act has introduced into the Scottish mental health service a bureaucracy of previously unknown proportions. Simply allowing a patient to leave the …
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