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Emergency legislation designed to close a loophole in the law on mental health has been approved by the Commons.
It corrects a technical error affecting up to 5,000 patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act since 2002.
The error meant doctors who sectioned patients in England did not have the right authority to do so.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt insists all were qualified to make the clinical decisions and that no patient was wrongly detained.
He has ordered an independent review.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20145578
It corrects a technical error affecting up to 5,000 patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act since 2002.
The error meant doctors who sectioned patients in England did not have the right authority to do so.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt insists all were qualified to make the clinical decisions and that no patient was wrongly detained.
He has ordered an independent review.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20145578