Mental Health Act

A BBC investigation has found that an autistic woman with a learning disability was locked up in a mental health…

New reforms to the Mental Health Act will ensure that people with a learning disability and autistic people with no…

During the King’s Speech this morning, King Charles III confirmed that the government plans to reform and modernise…

A charity is urging all political parties to support their new manifesto which calls for an end to the detention of…

A care service for people with learning disabilities and autistic people who have been detained under the Mental…

The learning disability charity Mencap says the government has “missed a huge opportunity” after King Charles made…

There were thousands more detentions under the Mental Health Act in 2021/22 than in 2016/17, according to an…

People with a learning disability or autistic people could only be detained for mental health treatment if a mental…

A new draft Bill to reform the Mental Health Act (MHA) will be consulted on by MPs, the government announced in the…

The National Autistic Society has welcomed the Government response to the public consultation of the Mental Health…

Before Hope Lightowler received an autism diagnosis, she struggled with sensory issues and was sectioned under the…

Families have launched a legal campaign to end the "national scandal" of people with autism and learning…

Tim Nicholls, Head of Policy at the National Autistic Society, discusses what the Independent Review of the Mental…

Equal clinical rigour should be applied to assessments of people under the Mental Capacity Act as for compulsory…