# \#coronavirus **URL:** https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/tag/coronavirus/15.md [Latest](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/tags.md) --- ## [Coronavirus Practice Direction](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/coronavirus-practice-direction/788)
**Author:** [@jonesrm](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/jonesrm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [19 December 2024 16:59 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/coronavirus-practice-direction/788 "2024-12-19T16:59:53Z")
I am trying to identify which Coronavirus PDs are still in force. In particular, “Amended General Pilot Practice Direction: Contingency Arrangements in the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal” was extended to Sept… --- ## [Covid Vaccination Restraint](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/covid-vaccination-restraint/403)
**Author:** [@C.wall](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/C.wall)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [23 May 2021 14:23 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/covid-vaccination-restraint/403 "2021-05-23T14:23:52Z")
Has anyone else had to consider that a service user, client, resident or even a person that they support might need restraint, even minor restraint, to be given a vaccination? I’m fully aware of MCA and also most recent… --- ## [Right to healthcare when sectioned](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/right-to-healthcare-when-sectioned/465)
**Author:** [@Angel320](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Angel320)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [3 May 2021 15:54 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/right-to-healthcare-when-sectioned/465 "2021-05-03T15:54:01Z")
Is there anything in law that provides protection to someone sectioned under section 3 of the mental health act so that the person can receive general healthcare that someone who isn’t sectioned can get access to? Aspec… --- ## [How to discover whether an assessment was carried out remotely](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/how-to-discover-whether-an-assessment-was-carried-out-remotely/333)
**Author:** [@Karen](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Karen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [13 February 2021 09:58 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/how-to-discover-whether-an-assessment-was-carried-out-remotely/333 "2021-02-13T09:58:36Z")
At a recent tribunal the Judge asked the RC at the outset whether the Devon ruling affected the detention(Which was a bit odd as MHT could not consider that anyway.) The RC said it didn’t but that got us thinking as to h… --- ## [Devon Partnership NHS Trust v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/devon-partnership-nhs-trust-v-secretary-of-state-for-health-and-social-care/292)
**Author:** [@jonesrm](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/jonesrm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [11 February 2021 14:17 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/devon-partnership-nhs-trust-v-secretary-of-state-for-health-and-social-care/292 "2021-02-11T14:17:45Z")
FYI This case, which will be heard in the High Court tomorrow (the 13th), will consider the correct interpretation of s.11(5) and s.12(1) of the MHA. The specific issue that will be considered is whether the requirements… --- ## [Section 17 leave suspension - Covid-19](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/section-17-leave-suspension-covid-19/328)
**Author:** [@H.ali](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/H.ali)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [10 February 2021 22:59 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/section-17-leave-suspension-covid-19/328 "2021-02-10T22:59:48Z")
I am currently in process of challenging a private hospital’s policy on suspending all s.17 community leave in the midst of the pandemic. I struggle to see how a blanket policy (regardless of the pandemic) is proportiona… --- ## [New Procedures with Pre-Hearing Examinations](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/new-procedures-with-pre-hearing-examinations/335)
**Author:** [@Tammy](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Tammy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [10 February 2021 16:41 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/new-procedures-with-pre-hearing-examinations/335 "2021-02-10T16:41:42Z")
I made an application for a PHE to take place on a different day to the Tribunal which was initially refused and the granted on renewal. In the decision it is stated; "This decision is consistent with the tribunal ser… --- ## [Arguments against cancelling hearings after a reassessment following Devon ruling](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/arguments-against-cancelling-hearings-after-a-reassessment-following-devon-ruling/332)
**Author:** [@Lucy](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Lucy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [10 February 2021 07:04 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/arguments-against-cancelling-hearings-after-a-reassessment-following-devon-ruling/332 "2021-02-10T07:04:35Z")
Has any formal guidance been issued in regards to potentially invalid applications to the MHT where a patient has been reassessed and placed on a “new” section 3 following the Devon ruling? MHT are asking for written sub… --- ## [Does the Devon judgment apply to renewals?](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/does-the-devon-judgment-apply-to-renewals/308)
**Author:** [@RWatson](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/RWatson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [4 February 2021 20:11 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/does-the-devon-judgment-apply-to-renewals/308 "2021-02-04T20:11:13Z")
The Devon case recently ruled that s11 and s12 exams for AMHP’s application and med recs respectively must be face to face, not by video. However I have already heard of one Trust extending this ruling to s20 renewals, … --- ## [Pre-Hearing Examinations - what is "exceptional"?](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/pre-hearing-examinations-what-is-exceptional/165)
**Author:** [@AdamMarley](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/AdamMarley)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [30 December 2020 14:17 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/pre-hearing-examinations-what-is-exceptional/165 "2020-12-30T14:17:02Z")
Good morning everyone, I have a client at one of the high security hospitals and I am appointed under r.11(7)(b). Due to the client’s fluctuating capacity and the risk that he may not actually turn up for the hearing it…