ANNUAL REPORT 2003-2004Section 3: MENTAL WELFARE IN SCOTLAND: OUR OVERVIEW3.1 Detentions Under <strong>Mental</strong> Health and Criminal 27Procedure Legislation3.1.1 Detention Statistics, 2003-2004 273.1.2 Trends in the Use of Detention 323.1.3 Use of Detention in the UK 333.1.4 Consent to Detention 353.1.5 Social Circumstances Reports 363.2 Guardianship and Intervention Orders 363.3 <strong>Mental</strong> Health Services <strong>for</strong> Children and Adolescents 413.4 Safe to Wander?: Good Practice Guidance 423.5 Use of Restraint 433.6 Unauthorised Removal of Adults Who Lack Capacity 44Section 4: MENTAL HEALTH LAW & POLICY4.1 Adults with Incapacity Act 464.1.1 Part 6 464.1.2 Part 5 484.1.3 Part 4 494.2 Developments in <strong>Mental</strong> Health Legislation across the UK 49Section 5: FINANCIAL STATEMENT 52Section 6: FURTHER INFORMATION 556.1 Bodies we meet with 556.2 Details of Our Publications 556.3 Bibliography 56Section 7: PRACTITIONERS’ FIVE-YEAR INDEX 1999-2004 58iii
THE MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLANDWho We Are<strong>Commission</strong>ers, 2003-2004:Standing – left to right: Linda Graham (from 1 April 2004), Gina Netto,Alison McRae (Head of Corporate Services), Corinna Penrose, Malcolm Murray, Myra Maguire,Joe Morrow, Pramod Jauhar, Colin Welsh (from 1 April 2004), John Bain, Linda Pollock,Carol Dobson (from 1 March 2004), Shelagh Creegan,Tom Keenan, Gordon Shiach,Jamie Malcolm, Adrian LodgeSeated – left to right: Douglas White (from 1 April 2004), Juliet Cheetham, Donald Lyons (Director),Ian Miller (Chairman), Margaret Ross, Bill Gent, Lynne EdwardsThe following <strong>Commission</strong>ers are not in the photograph: Madeline Osborn,Archie Robb, Margaret WhoriskeyWe employ over 40 staff from a number of different practitioner, managementand administrative backgrounds.Our Achievements, 2003-2004During 2003-2004, we have:• Contributed to the development andimplementation of the new <strong>Mental</strong> HealthAct.• Visited 1122 service users in hospital and848 in care homes and in the community.• Changed our internal structure to allow usto visit more people more often in thefuture.• Visited 6 national and 15 localorganisations that help people fromminority ethnic backgrounds.• Reviewed 515 detentions, 211 accidentsand incidents, and 172 suicides.• Worked on 2 inquiries involving problemswith care and treatment and followed up acase from the previous year.• Continued to improve our telephoneadvice service and the recording of thein<strong>for</strong>mation we provide.Contact UsIf you feel you have a matteryou would like to discuss withus you can contact us inconfidence in the followingways:• Phone: 0131 222 6111• Email:enquiries@mwcscot.org.uk• Website: www.mwcscot.org.ukUse it to ask <strong>for</strong> help.The site alsoprovides access to the full AnnualReport and other publications.• Write to: <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Welfare</strong><strong>Commission</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong>,K Floor, Argyle House,3 Lady Lawson Street,Edinburgh EH3 9SHiv