Court : House of Lords
..... and the secretary of state, and on the other hand the mental health act commission (the statutory body charged with keeping under review the exercise of the powers and duties contained in the 1983 act) and mind (the leading mental health charity in this country), seems to me both striking and ..... and certainly did) precede the drawing up of the code, on the parliamentary sanction which it received, on the issue of the code by the secretary of state as the public officer responsible for the national health service and on the high importance of protecting detained mental patients, a vulnerable and defenceless sector of society, from ..... domestic law of england and wales because it provides ..... officer, dr james, a consultant psychiatrist and the medical director of the trust, dr finnegan, a consultant psychiatrist and the lead consultant for mental health services at ashworth, dr davenport, consultant psychiatrist and the lead consultant for the women's service at ashworth, mr barwood, the trust's executive director of nursing, and ..... one hour and then at: 9.2.1 first day - medical review at 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours; 9.2.2 day 2 to day 7 - twice per day; 9.2.3 day 8 onwards:- [1] daily review by ward manager or site manager from different ward; [ii] three medical reviews every 7 days [one being by the rmo]; [iii] weekly ..... and family life, home or correspondence, if it is used as the only means of protecting others from violence or intimidation and ..... hospital authority [2005] ukhl 20; [2005] 2 ..... chapter ..... etc. .....
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..... 369, lord hoffmann describes the duty as a very unusual one, arising from the complete control which the police or prison authorities have over the prisoner, combined with the special danger of people in prison taking their own lives), and a duty under article 2 of the european convention on human rights to protect them [and] to account for any injuries ..... repeated this, but without reference to killing by agents of the state; iii) edwards where the obligation was said to arise because the deceased was a prisoner under the care and responsibility of the authorities when he was killed by acts of violence by another prisoner; iv) menson, where it was not suggested that agents ..... essential purpose of such investigation is to secure the effective implementation of the domestic laws which protect the right to life and, in those cases involving state agents or bodies, to ensure their accountability ..... officer in the london area litigation unit of the prison service and ..... has been established with the powers and resources it needs, it is ..... and updated on 25 july 2005 provides ..... 2005 and 2006 but in 2007 there were 92 suicides (84 men and 8 women ..... chapter 13 (actions following an incident of self-harm) contains the following paragraph (13.4.1): it is strongly recommended that following incidents of serious self-harm an investigation is carried out into the circumstances of the incident (serious incidents are defined as those which mean the prisoner involved required resuscitation and ..... etc .....
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