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<p>We welcome the publication of final report of the independent review of the Mental
Health Act 1983, which was commissioned by the Prime Minister.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
will consider the report and its recommendations in detail and respond in due course.
We remain committed to reforming mental health law and have committed to develop and
bring forward legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>We have already
accepted two of the recommendations of the review; the establishment of new statutory
advance choice documents, so that people’s wishes and preferences carry far more legal
weight, and the creation of a new role of ‘nominated person’ to be chosen by the patient
to replace the current nearest relative provisions. This will support the review’s
overall purpose of increasing patient rights and improving the way the Act works for
people.</p>
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