MHA/AWI

Question 1

Which form is used when RMO or DMP certifies that the patient is capable of consenting to treatment for any medication given beyond a period of 2 months since starting the compulsory treatment.

Answer 1

T2

Question 2

Who are T forms used to notify?

Answer 2

mental welfare commission

Question 2

Which form is used to safeguard the rights of ppl who do not or cannot consent to treatment for mental disorder. what medication is it for?

Answer 2

T3B.

Any medication given beyond a period of 2 months since starting the compulsory treatment.

Question 3

For a new named person nomination to be valid the nominated person has to…

Answer 3

consent, in writing, to be the named person.

Question 4

Nominations of named persons made before 30 June 2017 will continue to be valid,…

Answer 4

even if the named person has not agreed in writing.

Question 5

If you become subject to compulsion under the Mental Health Act now and you have not nominated a named person, you will not have a named person unless…

Answer 5

you do nominate somebody.

Question 6

Your default named person will continue to be your named person until any of the following happen:

Answer 6

You nominate that person or someone else to be your named person
You become informal
Your responsible medical officer reviews your Order for the first time after 30 September 2017
If your default named person is still in place on 30 June 2018, their role stops then

Question 7

Your independent advocate is someone who…

Answer 7

helps you say what you think about your treatment.

Question 8

Your named person has a right to be consulted about…

Answer 8

some aspects of your care and treatment

Question 8

Your named person has a right to make applications to the…

Answer 8

Mental Health Tribunal.

Question 9

What age do you need to be to choose a named person?

Answer 9

16

Question 10

The person with parental responsibilities for them is automatically…

Answer 10

their named person.

Question 11

Your named person can make important decisions about your care if…

Answer 11

you are not able to decide yourself

Question 12

The 2015 Act made provisions for other people to make applications or appeals to the Tribunal about your Mental Health Act Order if you do not have capacity to do so yourself, and you do not have a named person. What are these people are called?

Answer 12

‘listed initiators’.

Question 13

Listed initiators include:

Answer 13

Your nearest relative
Your primary carer (if you have one)
Your welfare guardian (if you have one)
Your welfare attorney (if you have appointed a welfare attorney, and it is operational)

Question 14

If you do not want your primary carer or nearest relative to act as a listed initiator for you, what can you do?

Answer 14

you can make a written declaration to say they cannot do this.

Question 15

To write this declaration you need to be A, and it needs to be B.

Answer 15

A capable of doing so
B witnessed

Question 16

If you have a Tribunal meeting there will be a group of who?

Answer 16

Three people.
A doctor (psychiatrist), a lawyer, and another person with relevant skills and experience, e.g. a nurse, social worker, or someone with personal experience of mental illness, learning disability, dementia or related conditions.

Question 17

The Tribunal is…

Answer 17

an independent organisation set up to make decisions on the compulsory care and treatment of people with mental disorders in Scotland.

Question 17

A Tribunal meeting is often called a ‘hearing’.

Question 18

The Tribunal must…

Answer 18

hear and read all the information about you and your case. They then decide what to do about your care and treatment.

Question 19

Someones POA is also called what?

Answer 19

Welfare attorney