Hi Just wondering what your views are on RCs undertaking, dialogue/discussion over the phone to help confirm whether a patient is consenting to their proposed treatment for purpose of a CTO12 or SOAD certificate for CTO11. RCs although penciling in outpatient appointments for this purpose find the …

This is an issue for us at the moment. Our stance is the discussion for a CTO12 must be done face to face and if patient DNA then recall could be used. We also have the issue where the patient is accepting depot from GP and next one will be due imminently without the authorisation being in place i…

This is a personal response not a corporate one. I’m not so sure that it is a requirement to do a face-to-face meeting to determine and certify that a CTO patient consents. The Devon case ( Devon Partnership NHS Trust v SSHSC [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin) - Mental Health Law Online ) that established judi…

[image] anonymous34: Just wondering what your views are on RCs undertaking, dialogue/discussion over the phone to help confirm whether a patient is consenting to their proposed treatment for purpose of a CTO12 or SOAD certificate for CTO11. I studied all of your post. If I understood correctl…