Cayman Islands LA: Premier tables Annual Report on Mental Health Commission
- Obtain and compile statistics on mental health
- Oversee and deliver mental health training for constables, prison officers and any other persons expected to deal with mental health patients in the performance of their functions
- Approve a list of overseas mental health facilities
- Research and establish protocols and guidelines for mental health advocacy and approve persons to act as advocates
- Establish and maintain a programme that provides information to the general public concerning mental illness and co-occurring disorders and related conditions
- Review the progress of patients transferred overseas
- Review every six months the progress of remand prisoners deemed unfit to plead and submit it to the Chief Officer, Judicial Administration
- Give policy advice to the Minister responsible for health on any aspect of the local mental health system
Published April 27, 2016
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