# MHCS update. Ministry of Justice, 'Mental Health Casework Section stakeholder update' (July 2025) **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [5 September 2025 20:56 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mhcs-update-ministry-of-justice-mental-health-casework-section-stakeholder-update-july-2025/4179 "2025-09-05T20:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MHLO](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/user_avatar/forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/mhlo/32/24_2.png) [@MHLO](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/MHLO)\ **Post date:** [5 September 2025 20:56 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mhcs-update-ministry-of-justice-mental-health-casework-section-stakeholder-update-july-2025/4179/1 "2025-09-05T20:56:00Z")
— This update has information under the following headings: Published statistics; Mental Health Bill - Supervised Discharge; First Statutory Referrals to the Mental Health Tribunals; Conditional Discharge Reports; Victim Impact Statement to the Tribunal; Webinar: An Introduction to the Restricted Patient System; Contact Information. Section 37/41 restricted hospital order patients (or s45A hybrid order patients) who had previously been transferred under s48/49 before sentencing will begin to have their first referrals earlier: three years from the start of the s48/49 rather than the s37/41. * * * Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Ministry\_of\_Justice,\_%27Mental\_Health\_Casework\_Section\_stakeholder\_update%27\_(July\_2025)?id=050925-2056](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Ministry_of_Justice,_%27Mental_Health_Casework_Section_stakeholder_update%27_(July_2025)?id=050925-2056)