I am trying to understand this: NR relative can give an order / request for the discharge of patient to the hospital managers no less than 3 days - but if this notice has been given within 3 days; then the RC can ‘furnish’ cancel out the notice / request by the NR to the managers on the grounds of …

Section 25 isn’t very clear but in practice what happens is that its “order” and the “72 hours’ notice” are combined into one event. The suggested form of wording in the Code of Practice is “I give you notice of my intention to discharge the person named above, and I order their discharge from…” (wi…

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How do NR discharge requests work, in particular the 72-hour period?

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