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Cartwright King’s Deborah Robinson’s Success in Mental Health Case Remote Examinations under The Mental Health Act 1983 Garden Court counsel instructed by Deborah Robinson successfully opposed a Hospital Trust claim that orders permitting compulsory treatment can be implemented and extended by remote examinations. In Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Others, Derbyshire NHS Foundation Trust brought proceedings under CPR Part 8 seeking declarations stating that according to the Mental Health Act 1983 a responsible clinician: - does not have to conduct a face-to face examination before making a community treatment order; - does not have to conduct a face-to-face examination before extending a community treatment order; and - does not have to conduct a face-to-face examination for renewing orders related to treatment, guardianship, or patients subject to unrestricted hospital orders. During legal proceedings, the Trust relied on evidence provided by its Assistant Legal Director. The Trust also relied on the argument that permitting virtual assessments is in the best interest of patients. Read more...