Aims and Objectives
Aim:
The aim of the training is to offer an overview of the amendments to the MHA 1983, which will impact autistic people and those with learning disability. The MHA 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025. We anticipate a phased implementation of amendments over the following 8 – 10 years.
Objectives:
By the end of the course participants should have an understanding of the key changes impacting autistic people and those with learning disability, including:
- An understanding of the revised principles,
- The new definitions of mental disorder, and their implications for use of the Acts provisions,
- Provisions for people with autism or learning disability,
- The revised civil admission criteria,
- The revised detention and Tribunal periods,
- The limits to use of community treatment orders,
- Nominated person and the relevance of capacity,
- ·Advance choice document provisions, and
- Removal of police stations as a place of safety