Welcome to the Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol policy page.
Mental Health is a key component of well-being and it is common for people with mental health difficulties to experience poor social outcomes. As well as poor mental health driving social care need, people with social care needs may also experience poorer mental health alongside drug and alcohol use, hence the priority that this has as a policy areas within ADASS.
The Mental Health Policy Network is lead by Directors of Adult Social Care and has good engagement with Regional ADASS Mental Health Leads, AMHP Leads, and key stakeholders including TLAP, BASW, and other leaders in mental health social care.
Priorities include looking at new models of care and different ways of work, mental health prevention and preparing for key changes in Legislation such as the Mental Health Act reforms.
Find the latest news, key documents and blogs of the network here in one place.
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – ADASS Statement – 1st February 2019
Top Tips for Directors on Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Practice and Data
Applications to the Court of Protection: a Guide for Council Staff
Quick Guides to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Standard Authorisation - your rights
List of Independent Best Interests Assessors (no longer maintained by ADASS)
ADVICE NOTE for managing and processing cases generated by the Supreme Court decision in 2014, In relations to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Note for adult safeguarding boards on the Mental Health Crisis Concordat
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Guidance
Mental Health Crisis Concordat
DISCLAIMER
The documents on this page have been produced and/or shared by the Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol (MHDA) Network. If you have any queries please contact the author or policy / regional chair of the network that produced the document.
