Abstract
The Commons Health Select Committee is today expected to reject Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley's proposal for community supervision orders compelling people with severe mental health problems to comply with treatment. Mrs Bottomley's call followed an incident at London Zoo in which a man reportedly suffering from schizophrenia was injured after entering the lions' enclosure. Tom Sandford, RCN Adviser in Mental Health, said: 'This is good news for mental health users and community psychiatric nurses, and for civil rights in this country: ' He called for more funding for community mental health services and the promotion of alternative treatments acceptable to users.
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