Trafford Council

“the Mental Health Bill, which was introduced to Parliament on 6 November 2024, there will be new statutory duties placed on the patient's responsible clinician that aim to ensure that, when someone is detained under the Act, their carer is involved in care, treatment and planning decisions”

“I will therefore provide some further information on the work NWAS is undertaking with its partner agencies who are also often called upon to assist mental health patients.”

“The Training Manager for GMP's Force Contact Crime and Operations Branch (FCCO) has confirmed that the Mental Health induction input for their staff is 3.5 hours long. This is included in all new recruit training into Call Handling and Dispatch.”

“England will review and consider carefully the other responses in due course.”

“We have introduced six new evidence categories to organise information under the statements; these are 'Feedback from people', 'Feedback from staff and leaders', 'Feedback from partners', 'Our observations', 'Processes' and 'Outcomes'. This approach will allow CQC to use a range of information to assess providers flexibly and frequently, collect evidence on an ongoing basis and update ratings at any time; tailor our assessment to different types of providers and services; score evidence to make”