Interview: Steve Gilbert on the new Mental Health Act and approaches to tackling injustice
The government last week committed to new legislation that will safeguard individuals’ rights to make choices about their treatment and to nominate a relative to speak for them if they become too ill. But where does the independent review leave prospects for BAME patients? Mental Health Today spent an hour with review vice-chair Steve Gilbert, to discuss approaches towards tackling inequality of outcomes in crisis care.
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