What do the Regulations say about Responsible Clinicians being covered by another doctor who has not signed the H5 or M2? Is this now an accepted practice? Rosemary Moore A Nearest Relative under the 1983 Mental Health Act

I haven’t checked whether it is the latest version, but RCPsych and Tribunals Judiciary, ‘Guidance for Detaining Authorities and Tribunal Panels about medical evidence for First Tier Tribunal - mental health’ (June 2015) has information under the heading “4.0 Experience required to give oral evidenc…

I think the completion of both Form H5 and M2 would result in a Hospital Managers hearing in the first instance and therefore would not be covered by the Tribunal Judiciary guidance. My understanding is that there may be a number of reasons why the Responsible Clinician who completed the form may n…

Thank you Jonathan and Rand for your replies to my question about RCs at MHMRs and MHRTs. Jonathan - I cannot see anything in the Regulations about an RC being covered by a doctor who is not the RC at either Hospital Manager or Tribunal hearings, I think that the law requires the RC who is named…

I don’t believe that there’s any requirement for a Responsible Clinician to personally give evidence and in fact, if you read the general note on p873 of Jones it indicates that evidence need not be from the RC and the primary focus is in fact on the evidence being up to date. Ultimately it’s for t…

[image] Rosemaryherb: I think that the law requires the RC who is named on the original section papers or signs the H5 renewing the detention or the M2 barring an NR application - should attend hearings and speak to the RC Report submitted to the HMs or MH Tribunal panel. There are at least t…

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