§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which organisations concerned with the needs of citizens with mental illness, or their families, have made representations voicing(a) support for and (b) opposition to those clauses in the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Bill [Lords] which relate to Scotland; and if he will make a statement. [30708]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Scottish Office consulted widely in December 1993 about limiting long-term leave of absence from detention in hospital. A further consultation took place in December 1994 on the basis of detailed proposals for community care orders. A consultation was carried out in March 1994 about the proposals for the return of patients absent without leave. The organisations consulted were as follows:
- Age Concern
- Alzheimers Scotland
- Association of Directors of Social Work
- Association of Scottish Local Health Councils
- British Association of Social Workers
- British Medical Association (Scottish office)
- British Psychological Society
- Central Legal Office, Common Services Agency
- Committee of Users Representatives, Glasgow1
- Community Psychiatric Nurses Association
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
- Dementia Services Development Centre
- Directors of Social Work—Regional and Island Councils
- Enable (Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped)
- Faculty of Advocates
- Health Boards
- Law Society of Scotland
- Link (Glasgow Association for Mental Health)1
- Manic Depressive Society
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
612 - National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland
- National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland)
- NHS Trusts
- Penumbra
- Psychiatric Nurses Association
- Richmond Fellowship
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- Royal College of Psychiatrists (Scottish Division)
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Scottish Action on Dementia
- Scottish Association for Mental Health
- Scottish Council for Civil Liberties
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Scottish Hospital Advisory Service (now Scottish Health Advisory Service)
- Scottish Law Commission
- Scottish Users Network
- Sheriffs' Association2
- United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC)
Notes:
- 1 Consulted only about the return of patients absent without leave.
- 2 Consulted only about the detailed proposals for community care orders.
Except where there was a request for confidentiality, copies of the responses are being placed in the Library. A variety of views were expressed. Some of the organisations consulted did not make a response.