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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Charles Montgomery
Charles Montgomery*
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Specialist Team in Early Psychosis (STEP), Wonford House Hospital, Dryden Road, Exeter EX2 5AF, email: cmontgomery@nhs.net
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 38 - 39
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The responsible medical officer in the vast majority of cases is present at the hearing in the role of a witness. If they are to act as the representative of the responsible authority they are instructed to do this by their trust; this is usually in Section 37/41 cases. Therefore, Nimmagadda & Jones (Reference Nimmagadda and Jones2008) are incorrect in their assertion that consultant psychiatrists, when giving evidence at a tribunal,‘act in most cases as the representative of the responsible authority.’

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Nimmagadda, S. & Jones, C. N. (2008) Consultant psychiatrists' knowledge of their role as representatives of the responsible authority at mental health review tribunals. Psychiatric Bulletin, 32, 366–369.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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