Have a '5yr all clear' for people that are sectioned under the Mental Health Act

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

If an individual that has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act has a continuous and uninterrupted 5 year period without evidence of mental health crisis, emergency intervention, anti social behaviours or criminal involvement, their section should be removed from their active medical records.

When an individual is sectioned under the Mental Health Act, it should act as a life line - a chance for expert help & intervention. For many people, being sectioned haunts them throughout their life, limiting opportunities and creating judgement and discrimination. A historic section immediately elevates risk and vulnerability regardless of the circumstances and can encourage agencies and services to make ill informed or outdated decisions and enforce labels associated with shame & guilt.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Medical records are a matter for the NHS, not the Government or Parliament. As a result it is not possible for the Government or Parliament to take the action you have requested.

Timeline

11 Jan 2022	Petition opened for signatures
14 Jan 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Jan 2022

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