This isn’t really important now that the tribunal application form doesn’t ask for Responsible Authority but, for example, for Priory Hospital Newbury is it “Priory Group Ltd” (or some other company name) or “Rebekah Cresswell and Trudi Pheasant”?
Rule 1 defines the responsible authority as meaning “in relation to a patient detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in a hospital within the meaning of Part 2 of that Act, the managers (as defined in section 145 of that Act)”. And Section 145 defines the managers as “if the establishment is in England, the person or persons registered as a service provider under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in respect of the regulated activity (within the meaning of that Part) relating to the assessment or medical treatment of mental disorder that is carried out in the establishment”. Here are the CQC registration details for Priory Hospital Newbury:
Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983
Ms Rebekah Cresswell is responsible for these services.
Mrs Trudi Elizabeth Pheasant is the registered manager for these services at this location.