Guidance

Mental Health Act: exercise of approval instructions 2015

Instructions for approving doctors and clinicians under the Mental Health Act 1983.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 22 April 2013
• Last updated: 25 March 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Mental Health Act: Instructions with Respect to the Exercise of an Approval Function in Relation to Approved Clinicians 2015

PDF, 289 KB, 9 pages

Mental Health Act: Instructions with Respect to the Exercise of an Approval Function in Relation to Section 12 Doctors 2015

PDF, 295 KB, 9 pages

Guidance for Seeking Approved Clinician Status via the Portfolio Route

PDF, 258 KB, 31 pages

Mental Health Act: revocation of supplementary instructions with respect to the exercise of an approval function in relation to approved clinicians 2020

PDF, 27.4 KB, 1 page

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Mental Health Act: revocation of supplementary instructions with respect to the exercise of an approval function in relation to section 12 doctors 2020

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Details

These instructions lay out how to approve registered medical practitioners and of approving people to act as approved clinicians under the 1983 Mental Health Act.

Application forms to become an approved doctor or clinician can be requested from your local approval body:

North of England	Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust	[email protected]
Midlands and East	Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust	[email protected]
London	London Central and North West NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL)	[email protected]
South of England	Winterhead Limited	[email protected]

Published 22 April 2013
Last updated 25 March 2021 + show all updates

1. 25 March 2021

   Updated to replace the 2 'Mental Health Act: supplementary instructions' documents as these were temporary instructions. Online training courses are now widely available and the temporary arrangements are no longer required and will end from 1 April.

2. 17 April 2020

   Added 2 attachments about the Mental Health Act: 'Supplementary instructions with respect to the exercise of an approval function in relations to approved clinicians 2020' and 'Supplementary instructions with respect to the exercise of an approval function in relation to section 12 doctors 2020'.

3. 13 October 2017

   Added Guidance for Seeking Approved Clinician Status via the Portfolio Route.

4. 5 January 2016

   Added revised instructions for the approval of doctors and approved clinicians under section 12ZA of the Mental Health Act 1983

5. 17 February 2014

   Update: the 2014 exercise of approval functions replaces the 2013 documents previously on this page.

6. 22 April 2013

   First published.