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Response to New Mental Health Act Figures
Figures published by NHS Digital today show an increase in detentions of 2% under the Mental Health Act from last year with known rates of detention for the ‘Black or Black British’ group being over four times those of the White group.
About this document
- Organisation
- Association of Mental Health Providers
- Source
- AMHP website archive (amhp.org.uk, crawl of February 2026)
- Published
- October 2019
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Context
- Source document
- Licence
- © Association of Mental Health Providers
- Access level
- Public
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