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Annual Report and Accounts - The Great Western Hospital

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5.7 Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act Committee<br />

5.7.1 <strong>The</strong> Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act Committee<br />

Under the terms of the Mental Health Act 1983, (MHA) the Trust has a key responsibility for looking<br />

after patients who come to the hospital with problems associated with their mental health <strong>and</strong> to<br />

ensure that that the requirements of the Act are followed.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Trust must:<br />

• ensure that patients are detained only as the MHA allows;<br />

• ensure that patients’ treatment <strong>and</strong> care accords fully with the provision of the Act;<br />

• patients are fully informed of, <strong>and</strong> supported in, exercising their rights;<br />

• patients’ cases are dealt with in line with other relevant statutory legislation including the<br />

Mental Capacity Act 2005, Human Rights Act 1998, <strong>The</strong> Race Relations Act, Disability<br />

Discrimination Act 1995 or Data Protection Act 1998.<br />

Membership of the Mental Health Act <strong>and</strong> Mental Capacity Act Committee<br />

• Non-Executive Directors x two<br />

• Director of Nursing - Executive Lead for Mental Health Services<br />

• Deputy Director of Nursing – Trust Lead for Mental Health Services<br />

• Mental Health Act Administrator<br />

• Representatives from the Child <strong>and</strong> Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) x three<br />

(General Manager/Clinician/Nurse)<br />

• Senior Representative from the Adult Mental Health Services (AWP)<br />

• Senior Representative from Older People’s Mental Health Services (AWP)<br />

• Senior Nurse/Matron (<strong>Great</strong> <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>)<br />

• Representative from Swindon Primary Care Trust.<br />

5.7.2 Meetings during 2010/11 <strong>and</strong> attendance<br />

<strong>The</strong> Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act Committee<br />

members<br />

Jun<br />

2011<br />

Sep<br />

2011<br />

Dec<br />

2011<br />

Cancelled<br />

Mar<br />

2012<br />

Bruce Laurie (Chair) Chairman of the Trust √ √ √<br />

Rowl<strong>and</strong> Cobbold (Deputy Non Executive Director x √ √<br />

Chair)<br />

Sue Rowley Director of Nursing <strong>and</strong> Midwifery x √ √<br />

Carole Crocker Deputy Director of Nursing √ Left the Trust<br />

Joy Gobey Mental Health Act Administrator √ √ √<br />

Teresa Harding<br />

Joanne Smith, Senior Nurse<br />

Paediatrics - deputy<br />

General Manager, Women <strong>and</strong><br />

Children’s’ Department<br />

x x √<br />

Joanne<br />

Smith<br />

Dick Eyre<br />

Child Psychiatrist x √ √<br />

Attendance as either / both<br />

with Am<strong>and</strong>a Cadder<br />

Am<strong>and</strong>a Cadder<br />

Attendance as either/both<br />

with Dick Eyre<br />

Nurse Manager x x x<br />

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