Area of detention: Mental Health Act detention

IAPDC warns that the absence of independent investigations of deaths under the Mental Health Act (MHA) risks critical learning being lost, undermining efforts to prevent future deaths and leaving bereaved families without answers.

This work programme outlines key IAPDC work to be delivered between 2025 and 2026.

Lynn Emslie, Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, mid-term report - February 2023-August 2024