WM v Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust: [2025] UKUT 396 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Johnston on 25 November 2025.

Read the full decision in UA-2025-001501-HM.

Judicial Summary

The First-tier Tribunal can make a statutory recommendation that a patient be granted leave of absence with a view to facilitating discharge under section 72(3) of the Mental Health Act 1983 if the responsible clinician has already granted leave under section 17 of that Act.

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Published 26 January 2026