Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

Whether a person was admitted or discharged as informal or formal/detained.

MENTAL HEALTH ACT LEGAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION CODE is required for all PATIENTS who have a Hospital Provider Spell which includes the care of a CONSULTANT in the psychiatric specialties or have been discharged from such a Hospital Provider Spell and are required to receive supervised aftercare under the provisions of the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995.

Code Description
01 Informal
02 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 2
03 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 3
04 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 4
05 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 5(2)
06 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 5(4)
07 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 35
08 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 36
09 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 37 with section 41 restrictions
10 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 37
12 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 38
13 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 44
14 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 46
15 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 47 with section 49 restrictions
16 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 47
17 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 48 with section 49 restrictions
18 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 48
19 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 135
20 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 136
31 Formally detained under Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 as amended by the Criminal Procedures (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991
32 Formally detained under other acts
35 Subject to guardianship under Mental Health Act Section 7
36 Subject to guardianship under Mental Health Act Section 37
37 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 45A (Limited direction in force)
38 Formally detained under Mental Health Act Section 45A (Limitation direction ended)
98 Not Applicable
99 Not Known