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is a unique coalition of 75 organisations from across the mental health spectrum and beyond. We're working together to advocate for fair implementation of the Mental Health Act in England and Wales.
We welcome the publication of this second report, which reports on the use of the Act.
Our forthcoming study that highlights flaws in the deprivation of liberty safeguards was the subject of the BBC Radio 4 programme The Report on 24 November.
Independent Mental Health Advocacy, by Rezina Hakim and Tom Pollard, finds wide variability in the commissioning of advocacy services, which should be available as a right to all patients who are detained or treated under the 2007 Mental Health Act.
In a new report from The NHS Information Centre, the latest figures for 2009/10 show that 16,622 patients were detained in hospital at the end of the year, an increase of 3.4 per cent from last year.
Taken together with the number of people subject to Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) (3,325 at 31 March 2010), these figures highlight growing use of the Mental Health Act to address the needs of people with mental health problems.