Hello, anyone aware of any cases where patients have appealed or disputed their discharge from S117 aftercare? Thanks 
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I have seen it be done as full judicial review but this would require a procedural mistake to meet grounds for judicial review. The other option would be to pursue a tort claim for duty holders dereliction of duty in faling to meet a legal obligation to provide 117 aftercare. If it is an LA a well written and circulated demand letter can be surprisingly sesesfull. There are specialist solicitors in comunitu ceare law who deal with these cases as bread and butter however it is slow and expensive to tackle
Just to follow-on from Taylor’s point. I don’t think there’s a mechanism by which S.117 can be reinstated even if the Local Authority & ICB agree they were wrong to end it. You’d need a quashing order (although this can be done by agreement).
Great thanks both, don’t suppose you’ve come across any published examples?