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<p>We recognise that the absence of a Mental Health Bill in the King’s Speech is disappointing
to many people. It remains our intention to bring forward a Mental Health Bill when
Parliamentary time allows.</p><p>We continue to take forward non-legislative commitments
to improve the care and treatment of people detained under the Act, including continuing
to pilot models of Culturally Appropriate Advocacy, which will provide tailored support
to hundreds of people from ethnic minorities to better understand their rights when
they are detained under the Mental Health Act. NHS England has launched the Patient
and Carer Race Equality Framework for all mental health trusts in the National Health
Service to embed across England. We are also investing over £400 million of funding
between 2020/21 and 2023/24 to eradicate dormitories and give patients the privacy
of their own ensuite bedroom.</p><p>NHS England is taking forward a new Mental Health,
Learning Disability and Autism Inpatient Quality Transformation Programme to support
cultural change and a new bold, reimagined model of care for the future across all
NHS-funded mental health, learning disability and autism inpatient settings. This
programme will complement and further support our existing commitments to improve
the quality of community care and reduce the need for inpatient care.</p>
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