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Home > Living well > Proposed amendments made to the Mental Health Act

Proposed amendments made to the Mental Health Act

The health and social care bill currently before Parliament includes a number of proposed small amendments to the Mental Health Act.

  • Download a letter summarising the proposed amendments (PDF, 71K)
January 24, 2011

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