Submitted on Tuesday 11th January 2022
Rejected on Friday 14th January 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Have a '5yr all clear' for people that are sectioned under the Mental Health Act
If an individual that has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act has a continuous and uninterrupted 5 year period without evidence of mental health crisis, emergency intervention, anti social behaviours or criminal involvement, their section should be removed from their active medical records.
When an individual is sectioned under the Mental Health Act, it should act as a life line - a chance for expert help & intervention. For many people, being sectioned haunts them throughout their life, limiting opportunities and creating judgement and discrimination. A historic section immediately elevates risk and vulnerability regardless of the circumstances and can encourage agencies and services to make ill informed or outdated decisions and enforce labels associated with shame & guilt.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Medical records are a matter for the NHS, not the Government or Parliament. As a result it is not possible for the Government or Parliament to take the action you have requested.
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