Mental Health Act 2007

The Mental Health Bill to amend the 1983 Mental Health Act completed its parliamentary stages on 4 July and has received Royal Assent, becoming the Mental Health Act 2007.

Working as part of the Mental Health Alliance and with the Black and Minority Ethnic Mental Health Network we lobbied for - and won - several improvements to the Government's original proposals.

Despite this, we and the Alliance still believe the new law represents a missed opportunity.