The Mental Health Bill (2025) for England and Wales: professional and carer consensus statement summarising concerns and unintended consequences from proposed changes to autism and learning disability

Peter Beazley, Regi T. Alexander, John L. Taylor, Bharat Velani, Helen Dewson, Rohit Shankar, Samuel J. Tromans, Mahesh M. Odiyoor, Angela Hassiotis, Ashok Roy, Iain McKinnon, Asif Zia, Andre Strydom, Patrick Keown, Bhathika Perera, Mohsin Khan, Jane McCarthy, Michael Butler, Verity Chester, Lucy Fitton, Kenny Chiu, Andrea Bew, Tadhgh Lane, Tricia Gay, Bob Gay

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DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2025.10324
Published: 2025-07-01
Container: The British Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists
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@article{allodium:10.1192/bjp.2025.10324,
  title = {The Mental Health Bill (2025) for England and Wales: professional and carer consensus statement summarising concerns and unintended consequences from proposed changes to autism and learning disability},
  author = {Peter Beazley and Regi T. Alexander and John L. Taylor and Bharat Velani and Helen Dewson and Rohit Shankar and Samuel J. Tromans and Mahesh M. Odiyoor and Angela Hassiotis and Ashok Roy and Iain McKinnon and Asif Zia and Andre Strydom and Patrick Keown and Bhathika Perera and Mohsin Khan and Jane McCarthy and Michael Butler and Verity Chester and Lucy Fitton and Kenny Chiu and Andrea Bew and Tadhgh Lane and Tricia Gay and Bob Gay},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {The British Journal of Psychiatry},
  doi = {10.1192/bjp.2025.10324},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10324}
}

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AU  - Bharat Velani
AU  - Helen Dewson
AU  - Rohit Shankar
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AU  - Mahesh M. Odiyoor
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AU  - Ashok Roy
AU  - Iain McKinnon
AU  - Asif Zia
AU  - Andre Strydom
AU  - Patrick Keown
AU  - Bhathika Perera
AU  - Mohsin Khan
AU  - Jane McCarthy
AU  - Michael Butler
AU  - Verity Chester
AU  - Lucy Fitton
AU  - Kenny Chiu
AU  - Andrea Bew
AU  - Tadhgh Lane
AU  - Tricia Gay
AU  - Bob Gay
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JO  - The British Journal of Psychiatry
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Beazley, P., Alexander, R. T., Taylor, J. L., Velani, B., Dewson, H., Shankar, R., Tromans, S. J., Odiyoor, M. M., Hassiotis, A., Roy, A., McKinnon, I., Zia, A., Strydom, A., Keown, P., Perera, B., Khan, M., McCarthy, J., Butler, M., Chester, V., Fitton, L., Chiu, K., Bew, A., Lane, T., Gay, T., & Gay, B. (2025). The Mental Health Bill (2025) for England and Wales: professional and carer consensus statement summarising concerns and unintended consequences from proposed changes to autism and learning disability. The British Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10324

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