Partner: Mat Kinton, National Mental Health Act Policy Advisor for the Care Quality Commission.

Preferred contact: mat.kinton@cqc.org.uk
Resident in: UK; Working in: UK; Area(s) of Interest in VBP: Meeting/ASS (Advanced Studies Seminar), Meeting/other/training, Policy/Commissioning, Policy/other/mental health law and practice, Publications/CUP series, Research/philosophy, Research/other/mental health law and practice, Services/person-centered, Services/other/Mental Health Act; Related Area(s) of Interest: Regulation, Law, Ethics, Evidence-based practice, Medical humanities/ art, literature; Area(s) of healthcare expertise: Mental health/Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
Brief Description of Work:
National Policy Advisor for healthcare regulation and monitoring of the use of the Mental Health Act. Promoting VBP-based principles in Mental Health Act Code of Practice, in context of legal coercion and detention in hospital.
Read more:
www.cqc.org.uk; http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/mental-health-act-annual-report-201314