Information about Mental Health Officer Service
The following procedures are intended as accessible guidance to interventions in terms of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 – hereafter referred to as the 2000 Act – within the context of the local authority’s duties and powers as prescribed in the legislation
This delivery plan is not prescriptive about the particular structure of services that needs to be in place to deliver good outcomes. Rigid structures can often lead to a reduction in innovation and are not appropriate for the changing populations they serve. Instead we propose a functional approach that focuses on the key elements of services that need to be in place at each point in a journey of care so that clinicians, service users and carers can be clear about what needs to be delivered.
Volume 1 of the Code of Practice for the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 deals with a range of issues relating to the general framework within which the Act operates. These subjects include, for example, the duties placed on health boards and local authorities (Part 4); cross-border transfers of patients (section 289 and 290); and medical treatment (Part 16).
The focus of this commissioning strategy reflects the requirements of Scottish Government as they relate to the provision of community based older people‟s services. It forms part of a suite of commissioning strategies covering the breadth of operational responsibilities of West Dunbartonshire Community Health and Care Partnership (developed jointly on behalf of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and West Dunbartonshire Council).
West Dunbartonshire Profile This profile is part of a wider project describing the mental health and wellbeing of Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GG&C) and its sub-regions, compiled by the Glasgow Centre of Population Health (GCPH). The purpose is to support those working in GG&C to find solutions relevant to the region. As part of this we hope the information within will stimulate debate around our aspirations for mental wellbeing in GG&C and how best to achieve them.
All persons affected by mental disorder (which includes learning disability), either in their personal or professional capacity, who require a Mental Health Officer can expect an efficient and helpful response and comprehensive service following a request for a Mental Health Officer to undertake duties in accordance with the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (the 2003 Act), the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (the 1995 Act) and the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (the 2000 Act).
Scottish Ministers set up the National Care Standards Committee (NCSC) to develop national standards. The NCSC carried out this work with the help of a number of working groups. These groups included people who use services, their families and carers, along with staff, professional associations, regulators from health and social care, local authorities, health boards and independent providers. Many others were also involved in the consultation process
Action Points for people who use services and for people who provide services. (Dumbarton and District Mental Health Forum)
Standards for Integrated Care Pathways for Mental Health December 2007.
