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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2006) 12: 450-458
© 2006 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Home Office Mental Health Unit{dagger}

Jayanth Srinivas, Sarah Denvir and Martin Humphreys

Jayanth Srinivas is a consultant forensic psychiatrist at the Hatherton Centre (St George’s Hospital, Corporation Street, Stafford ST3 1AG, UK. Email: Jayanth.Srinivas{at}ssh-tr.nhs.uk). He is also an associate clinical teacher at the Warwick Medical School. His main clinical and research interests include liaison with the Home Office and organisation and development of a range of forensic services. Sarah Denvir is a casework manager in the Home Office Mental Health Unit in London. She has casework responsibility for about 760 ‘restricted patients’ as well as policy responsibility for leave for restricted patients, supervision in the community and women’s services. Her liaison responsibilities include hospitals and prisons within the South-Eastern Forensic Commissioning Area, and the Institute of Psychiatry Forensic Teaching Unit. Martin Humphreys is a senior lecturer in forensic psychiatry at the University of Birmingham and an honorary consultant forensic psychiatrist with the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust. His research interests include mental health law and forensic rehabilitation.

Over the years, the number of mentally disordered offenders in England and Wales subject to restriction orders has steadily increased. The Home Secretary, through the Mental Health Unit at the Home Office, is responsible for overseeing the treatment of these individuals. As psychiatrists work in partnership with the Mental Health Unit in the treatment of these patients, it is essential to understand the Unit’s role and functions. In this article, we describe the philosophy, structure and functions of the Mental Health Unit and its statutory role in the care of mentally disordered offenders subject to restriction orders.


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