If you need information or advice about your rights in relation to Mental Health care and treatment, or you are concerned about the rights and welfare of someone else, we can help. As well as providing information and advice, we may be able to help put things right.
If you can’t find the information you need on our website, or have a care and treatment issue that you want us to help you with, please get in touch.
We provide advice and information about rights and best practice in relation to two laws:
• the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
• the Adults with Incapacity Act 2000
Areas of law dealt with:
• Adults with Incapacity: medical treatment, Intervention Orders, Financial Guardianship Orders and Welfare Guardianship Orders
• Detention and Appeals under the Mental Health Act.
• Court of session appeals
• Appeals to the Supreme Court
• Human Rights cases- Judicial review of health boards
We are here to deliver a client driven service. The service we offer is solely public orientated aiming to help disempowered people. It is our goal to provide an unparalleled service and seek to achieve this through the use of the latest IT services and first rate support staff.
We are constantly striving to ensure we are delivering a first class service to our clients.