Hospitals must help mental health tribunals run smoothly

Hospitals must help mental health tribunals run smoothly

Hospital managers must ensure staff know it is inappropriate to recommend lawyers to mental health patients who are appealing against detention under the Mental Health Act, the Care Quality Commission has urged.

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