Section 3 - free mental health aftercare

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rach
rach Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited September 2016 in Everyday life
Hi just to inform members who do not know about the section 117 of which section 3 is under a
peraon is allowed free social care. In the community I found this by accident in the Disability Rights HAndbook 16/17.    May help someone 

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  • Chris_Alumni
    Chris_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 684 Empowering
    Hi @rach, welcome to the community and thanks for sharing this useful information. If anyone would like to find out more, take a look at this NHS Choices page, which states that anyone who has been detained under section 3 of the mental health act is entitled to free mental health aftercare.