The Mental Health Bill proposes the introduction of supervised community treatment (SCT). Under SCT, some patients who have been compulsorily detained in hospital for treatment will, on discharge, become subject to a community treatment order (CTO) requiring them to comply with certain conditions, including taking their medication. SCT can only ...
This paper is a formal response by the King's Fund to the Department of Health consultation on the smokefree elements of the Health Improvement and Protection Bill.