Section 7 – Guardianship

This leaflet has been produced to provide information about guardianship, what it is, why you need a guardian, how long this will last and rights to appeal.

This leaflet provides information for people who have been given a court order to have a guardian to help them under section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983. It includes information such as what is guardianship, why you need a guardian, how long this lasts and your rights to appeal.

This leaflet provides information for people who have been brought to a place of safety under section 135 of the Mental Health Act. There is information about how long you can be kept there and what could happen next.

This leaflet includes information for people who have been brought to a place of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act. It includes how long a person can be kept at the place of safety and what happens next.

This leaflet contains information for people who had restrictions under section 41(5) of the Mental Health Act but they have now come to an end. Information includes, how long you can be kept in hospital, and what your rights to appeal are.

An information leaflet for people who have been transferred to hospital from prison without restrictions of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment. It explains why you are in hospital, how long you could be there, what happens if your sentence ends whilst you are in hospital and your rights to appeal.

An information leaflet for people serving a sentence of imprisonment who have been transferred to hospital from prison. It explains why you are in hospital, what a restriction direction is, how long you could be there, and if you can be returned to prison.

An information leaflet for unsentenced prisoners who have been transferred to hospital. It includes information about why you are in hospital, what a restriction direction is, how long you will be there and what happens if you have to go back to court.

This leaflet contains information for people who have been sentenced to prison but have been given a hospital direction or limitation direction. The leaflet explains what hospital and limitation direction are, what treatment you could be given, if you could still be sent to prison and your right to appeal.

This leaflet includes information for people who have been admitted to hospital by a hospital order without restrictions under section 37 of the Mental Health Act. It includes information such as why you are there and how long you could be there and what your rights to appeal are.

This leaflet provides information for people who have been admitted to hospital by a hospital order with restrictions under section 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act. It explains what a restriction order is, what your rights to appeal are and what help you can receive from an independent mental health advocate.

This leaflet has been produced to provide information to people who are already a patient and are being detained. It includes information about why you cannot leave hospital, how long you could be there, what will happen next and your rights to appeal.

This leaflet has been produced to provide information to people about nurses' power to detain a person being treated for mental disorder as a hospital in-patient. It includes information about why you cannot leave hospital, how long you can be kept there and what will happen during this time.

This leaflet provides information for people who have been admitted to hospital under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act. It includes information about why you are in hospital, how long you will be there, what treatment you could be given and your rights to appeal.

This leaflet provides information for people who are being help in hospital under section 2 of the Mental Health Act. There is information on how long you will be in hospital, what your rights to appeal are and what help you can receive from an independent mental health advocate.

This leaflet has information for people who have been remanded for hospital for treatment under section 36 of the Mental Health Act. It includes information such as why you are in hospital, how long you will be there, what treatment you may received and what help you can get from an independent mental health advocate.

This leaflet provides information for people who are being kept in hospital due to a court order under section 38 of the Mental Health Act. It includes information such as why you are in hospital, how long you could be kept there, what happens next and you rights to appeal.

This leaflet provides information for people who are being kept in hospital under section 4 of the Mental Health Act. It includes information such as How long you could be in hospital, what happens next and your right to appeal.

This leaflet provides information for people who have been remanded to hospital for assessment under section 35 of the Mental health Act. It includes information about why you are in hospital, how long you could be there, what will happen whilst you are there, what happens next and what your rights to appeal are. There is also information about what help you can receive from an independent mental health advocate.

Patient information leaflet produced for service users during their stay at Shoredrift. It includes information about what happens when you arrive and what things you can do at Shoredrift.