PM v Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: [2020] UKUT 69 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 5 March 2020.

Read the full decision in HM/2258/2019

Judicial Summary

Mental Health – s.72(1)(c)(iv) – When Appropriate Medical Treatment is Available - considers the relevance of legal impediments to administering medical treatment to the issue of whether medical treatment can be said to be “appropriate” and “available”. Gives guidance on the meaning of “appropriate”, “available” and “medical treatment”.

Decision selected for reporting as [2020] AACR 23

Published 3 April 2020