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The government has presented
amendments to the (current)
Mental Health Act 1983 in certain specified areas.
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Whenever a policy or
piece of legislation that may impact adversly on any particular racial group
is constructed, the relevant department has the obligation
to carry out a Race Equality Impact Assessment (REIA) of it. The details of the law under
which REIAs have to be carried out and the procedure for carrying out a REIA
are given on the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) website.
It is in these circumstances that I felt unable to accept the offer by Tony Blair of being reccomended for a OBE. The letters I wrote are in the public domain - to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown (click name to see).
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983
Prof.
Suman Fernanado

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Meeting of Black & Minority
Ethnic Mental Health Network Scenarios for proposed amendments to Mental Health Act
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