A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practice
Aims and method The aim of this project was to set out recommendations for the section 17 leave form to reflect guidance provided in the Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice, following local Care Quality Commission feedback. We reviewed guidance in the Code and publicly available leave forms to...
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| description | Aims and method
The aim of this project was to set out recommendations for the section 17 leave form to reflect guidance provided in the Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice, following local Care Quality Commission feedback. We reviewed guidance in the Code and publicly available leave forms to identify items to include in the leave form. Then, we determined which publicly available leave forms included each item and reviewed whether the item should be included in the leave form and whether any reformulation was needed.
Results
Using the method described, we identified a list of items that should be included in the leave form. When comparing the leave forms of different trusts, there was considerable variation with respect to which items were included in each form.
Clinical implications
We provide some recommendations for future practice regarding section 17 leave forms to facilitate consistency with the Code and between different trusts.
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| spelling | doaj-art-8860e73d904f4934b887ddd30216323d2025-02-10T09:26:20ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Bulletin2056-46942056-47082025-02-0149525610.1192/bjb.2024.54A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practiceShayanthan Pathmanathan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6216-2425Georgina Edgerley Harris1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0369-7424Giles Townsend2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3479-780XSt George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leatherhead, UKSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leatherhead, UKAims and method The aim of this project was to set out recommendations for the section 17 leave form to reflect guidance provided in the Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice, following local Care Quality Commission feedback. We reviewed guidance in the Code and publicly available leave forms to identify items to include in the leave form. Then, we determined which publicly available leave forms included each item and reviewed whether the item should be included in the leave form and whether any reformulation was needed. Results Using the method described, we identified a list of items that should be included in the leave form. When comparing the leave forms of different trusts, there was considerable variation with respect to which items were included in each form. Clinical implications We provide some recommendations for future practice regarding section 17 leave forms to facilitate consistency with the Code and between different trusts. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469424000548/type/journal_articlePsychiatry and lawin-patient treatmentclinical governancequalitative researchrehabilitation |
| spellingShingle | Shayanthan Pathmanathan Georgina Edgerley Harris Giles Townsend A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practice BJPsych Bulletin Psychiatry and law in-patient treatment clinical governance qualitative research rehabilitation |
| title | A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practice |
| title_full | A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practice |
| title_fullStr | A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practice |
| title_short | A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practice |
| title_sort | local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the mental health act code of practice recommendations for future practice |
| topic | Psychiatry and law in-patient treatment clinical governance qualitative research rehabilitation |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469424000548/type/journal_article |
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