Trainee hub Mental health law
The Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act, on one map
Twelve branches and 59 pages. Tap any page to open it.
How to use it
Most of the law you'll use on a psychiatry rotation fits on that map. Pick a branch, read the page, and test yourself before the exam. Every page is short: the rules, the numbers, the trap and where to read more.
The law in England as at 29 October 2026. Wales shares the 1983 Act but has its own Code and forms.
The statutes
The Acts in outline
How each Act is built, Part by Part, with the sections you'll use and links to every page that explains them.
Tools
Work it out
A note from Raj
Mental health law looks like a list of numbers. It's really three questions: can this person decide, can they be detained, and can this treatment be given. Keep them apart and most of it falls into place.
What's here is my reading of the law, not the law itself. When it matters, check the Act, the Code and your trust's Mental Health Act office, and ring your senior. That's what they're there for.
Raj