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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Extension of compulsory status in case of patients with brain injuries

45: Review where patient appears to suffer from brain injury

You could also call this:

"Checking if a brain injury affects your treatment"

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If you are a patient with a compulsory treatment order, your doctor will check on you. They do this if they think you might have a brain injury, and it's close to the end of your treatment order. Your doctor must look at your condition again.

Your doctor will write down what they find out when they check on you. They put their findings in a report, so everything is recorded. This report is important for your care.

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Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction
Extension of compulsory status in case of patients with brain injuries

45Review where patient appears to suffer from brain injury

  1. If, at any time in the period beginning 21 days before the date of the expiry of a patient's compulsory treatment order, the responsible clinician considers that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the patient appears to suffer from a brain injury, the responsible clinician must review the condition of the patient.

  2. The responsible clinician must record in a report the findings made on the review.