New Clause 22
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
6:15 pm
Right to move hospital (No. 2)
‘(1) The 1983 Act is amended as follows.
(2) After section 19 (regulations as to transfer of patients) insert—
“19A The right to move hospital
(1) The appropriate authority shall have a duty to inform a patient and his nearest relative that a request can be made to move from one hospital to another if there is a good reason to do so.
(2) All applications shall be recorded by the appropriate authority.
(3) If an application is refused, written reasons shall be provided to the applicant and, subject to the wishes of the patient, to the nearest relative.”.’.—[James Duddridge.]