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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Compulsory treatment of patients

42: Condition of patient to be kept under review

You could also call this:

"Doctors must regularly check and update your treatment plan to ensure you get the best care."

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When you are getting help for a severe substance addiction, the doctor in charge of your care must check on your condition regularly. They do this by examining you and talking to other health professionals who are helping you. The doctor uses the information from these checks to decide if your treatment plan needs to be changed.

The doctor must look at your treatment plan after each check and make any changes they think are necessary. This helps make sure you are getting the best care possible. You can expect the doctor to keep checking on your condition and updating your treatment plan as needed.

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Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction
Compulsory treatment of patients

42Condition of patient to be kept under review

  1. The responsible clinician must ensure that clinical reviews of the patient’s condition are conducted at regular intervals.

  2. For the purposes of a clinical review, the responsible clinician must—

  3. examine the patient; and
    1. consult other health professionals involved in the treatment and care of the patient, and take their views into account when assessing the results of his or her review of the patient's condition.

      1. The responsible clinician must consider the patient's treatment plan in light of the reviews and make any adjustments or additions to the treatment plan that the clinician thinks fit.