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Understanding and implementing the nurse’s holding power (section 5(4)) of the Mental Health Act 1983

11 September 2014

Mental Health Practice

CPD

This article explores section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act, which permits nurses of a ‘prescribed class’ to detain an informal inpatient who is receiving treatment...