§ Lord Lucasasked Her Majesty's Government:
In the context of the draft mental health Bill, what diagnoses they envisage will be applied to people who, under current legislation, would fail the "treatability test" but who might be detained under the terms of the draft Bill. [HL5310]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)The Mental Health Act 1983 requires that in the case of psychopathic disorder or mental impairment it is likely that treatment will alleviate or prevent a deterioration of the patient's conditions in order to justify his detention for treatment. This has led to a significant number of people with a primary diagnosis of personality disorder, and who pose a risk to themselves or to others, being excluded from treatment because of uncertainty about whether their personality disorder can be "treated".
13WAThe draft mental health Bill does not rely on particular categories of mental disorder, and does not require that treatment alleviate or prevent a deterioration of the patient's condition. Instead, it requires that appropriate treatment be available. The same conditions for compulsion will apply to all patients with a mental disorder. We envisage that this will mean that some pople with a diagnosis of personality disorder may meet the conditions for compulsion in the draft Bill where they would not come within the scope of the 1983 Act.
Legal Abortions—numbers by gestation weeks and year, England and Wales Gestation Weeks Year 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Total England and Wales Residents only 2001* 4 5 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 23 2000 7 3 3 5 3 2 2 0 0 25 1999 4 3 2 6 3 1 2 2 0 23 1998 4 5 5 1 3 2 2 0 0 22 1997 2 2 1 3 7 2 3 0 0 20 1996 6 1 4 2 3 0 2 1 0 19 Non-Residents 2001* 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 2000 4 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 1999 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 8 1998 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1997 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1996 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 * 2001 data is provisional. Source:
Department of Health Statistics Division 3G.