Reforming the Mental Health Act : Part 1, the new legal framework
This document was published by the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Health and the Home Secretary in December 2000, and is also known as "The Mental Health White Paper". Part 1 was published as Command Paper 5016-i (Cm.5016-i), and deals with the proposed restructuring of the law for all mental health patients; the second part, "High risk patients" [q.v.] details special arrangements for the small minority who pose a threat to others. Access to full-text is available as a web page.