Mental Health Review Tribunal Panel Course

This two day course has been approved by the Law Society to meet the requirements of the Mental Health Review Tribunal Accreditation Scheme and must be attended by any applicant seeking membership of the panel. Some knowledge of mental health law is assumed.

The 2 day programme will include:

• A full consideration of mental health law including statutes, statutory guidance and case law
• MHRT origins and procedure
• Understanding psychiatry: a guide to the principal psychiatric disorders
• Mental disorder - the statutory definitions and changes brought about by the Mental Health Act 2007
• Admission to hospital - the law and practice
• Detained patients - the law
• The nearest relative
• Tribunal applications
• Tribunal hearings
• Care in the community

Course Dates

29/10/2012 London

09:30 - 17:00 Venue Information

This course will be presented by the following speakers, please click on the Speaker & Venue details against any course date to see more information.

Waqar Ahmed 
MB, ChB, MSc, FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. In addition to his clinical practice Dr Ahmed has long experience in training other professionals as well as extensive medico-legal experience.

Michael Butler 
is a Solicitor Advocate and Principal at Butler & Co Solicitors in Taunton, specialising in Criminal and Mental Health Law. Michael is a member of Central Law Training, Police Station and Criminal Litigation Accreditation Panels.

John Moran 
MSc, CQSW, Mental Health Approved Professional, AMHP, Devon County Council and Cygnet Health Care, Kewstoke Private Psychiatric Hospital, Weston-Super-Mare and a MHRT Lay Member.