— (1) If a restricted hospital order patient is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a different offence, he would go to prison but potentially be transferred back to hospital. At the end of the prison sentence the patient would remain subject to detention in hospital under the original hospital order unless the patient had already been conditionally discharged on the advice of the RC. (2) If a sentenced prisoner were to receive a restricted hospital order, he would initially be detained in hospital. When the patient is granted a conditional discharge he will either be released (if the sentence had by then expired) or returned to prison (to server the remainder of the sentence).
Full details available at: https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Ministry_of_Justice,_%27Restricted_patients_imprisoned_and_prisoners_given_a_hospital_order%27_(FOI_response_251127086,_18_February_2026)?id=020326-0956