AdvoCard: An Edinburgh wide advocacy project

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Resources

Advocard's Mental Health Act Advocacy Service
Other advocacy services
Mental Health Act Information: guides on the Scottish Government web site
Mental Health Tribunal Scotland
Mental Welfare Commission Scotland
Local Authorities & NHS

Advocard's Mental Health Act Advocacy Service

Advocacy in the Act
Downloadable AdvoCard leaflet in PDF form

Advance statements
Downloadable AdvoCard leaflet in PDF form

Named person
Downloadable AdvoCard leaflet in PDF form

Other advocacy services

A mental health advocacy guide for Edinburgh
Downloadable City of Edinburgh Council guide which AdvoCard helped draw up in PDF form

Mental Health Act Information: guides on the Scottish Government web site

The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
Online version of the Act in full. The Act outlines the rights of mental health service users and the role and responsibilities of the State.

The New Mental Health Act: What's it all about? A Short introduction

Putting Principles into Practice - information for Service Users and their Carers

Independent advocacy: information for Service Users and their Carers

Compulsory treatment orders - information for Service Users and their Carers

Emergency and short-term powers - information for Service Users and their Carers

Consent to treatment - information for Service Users and their Carers

The appeals process - information for service users and their carers

Advance Statements

Rights of Carers - information for people who care for a service user

Mental Health Tribunal Scotland

Mental Health Tribunal Scotland
Web site of the Tribunal

An Introduction to the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland - Information for Service Users and their Carers
Online guide on the Scottish Government web site

Mental Welfare Commission Scotland

Mental Welfare CommissionScotland
Web site of the Commission

Local Authorities & NHS

The Roles and Duties of NHS Boards and Local Authorities - information for Service Users and their Carers
Online guide on the Scottish Government web site

A guide to the role of the mental health officer - information for service users and their carers
Online guide on the Scottish Government web site

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