A Legislative Framework for Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation in Northern Ireland

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Consultation opened on 02 January 2009. Closing date 31 March 2009.

Summary

The Bamford Review completed its work in 2007 and set out a vision for taking forward mental health services in Northern Ireland to enhance the dignity and human rights of some of the most vulnerable people in society, those living with a mental disorder or learning disability.

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Consultation document and response questionnaire
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Consultation document and response questionnaire - Easy read version
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Response questionnaire
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Analysis of consultation responses
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Consultation description

This consultation document outlines the Department's proposals, in response to the Bamford Review, to introduce a legislative framework for new mental capacity legislation and modernised mental health legislation in Northern Ireland, with an overarching set of human rights principles embedded in both.

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