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<p>The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act published an interim report on
Tuesday 1 May 2018 which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-mental-health-act-interim-report"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-mental-health-act-interim-report</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Government commissioned this review with the objective of ensuring that
the Mental Health Act works better for patients and their families, in view of rising
rates of detention and the current disproportionate number of people from black and
minority ethnic groups detained under the Act.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes
the good progress made by Sir Simon Wessely and his team so far, including the wide-ranging
engagement with stakeholders and service users which has been undertaken to date.
We look forward to receiving the review’s final recommendations when published in
the autumn.</p>
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