Re: Doctor is struck off for failing to prevent hallucinating patient from discharging herself
Re the previous comment [11 April 2014; anonymised 17.1.16], presumably the Approved Mental Health Professional was not immediatly available. According to the article, the patient was referred to the mental health team but refused to wait, and discharged herself.
I find it hard to understand how the emergency specialist could have prevented the patient from leaving if she was not yet detained under the Mental Health Act, especially since the article states that "he had no power to do so".
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Re: Doctor is struck off for failing to prevent hallucinating patient from discharging herself
Re the previous comment [11 April 2014; anonymised 17.1.16], presumably the Approved Mental Health Professional was not immediatly available. According to the article, the patient was referred to the mental health team but refused to wait, and discharged herself.
I find it hard to understand how the emergency specialist could have prevented the patient from leaving if she was not yet detained under the Mental Health Act, especially since the article states that "he had no power to do so".
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