Clause 6
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
11:45 am
Ann Coffey (PPS (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Department of Trade and Industry; Stockport, Labour)
It is completely understandable why we should have someone with medical training to oversee a course of treatment for someone with schizophrenia, for example, which involves difficult medication, with possible side effects. However, it is not easy to understand why we would need someone with physical training to oversee a course of treatment that involves intensive counselling given by someone who has trained as a clinical psychologist.