The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) Regulations 2008

Consent to treatment

27.—(1) For the purposes of section 57 (treatment requiring consent and a second opinion)—

(a) the form of treatment to which that section shall apply, in addition to the treatment mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of that section (any surgical operation for destroying brain tissue or for destroying the functioning of brain tissue), shall be the surgical implantation of hormones for the purpose of reducing male sexual drive, and

(b) the certificates required for the purposes of subsection (2)(a) and (b) of that section shall be in the form set out in Form T1.

(2) For the purposes of section 58 (treatment requiring consent or a second opinion) the certificates required for the purposes of subsection (3)(a) and (b) of that section shall be in the form set out in Forms T2 and T3 respectively.

(3) For the purposes of section 58A (electro-convulsive therapy, etc.)—

(a) the form of treatment to which that section shall apply, in addition to the administration of electro-convulsive therapy mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of that section, shall be the administration of medicine as part of that therapy; and

(b) the certificates required for the purposes of subsections (3), (4) and (5) of that section shall be in the form set out in Forms T4, T5 and T6 respectively.

(4) Section 58A does not apply to treatment by way of the administration of medicine as part of electro-convulsive therapy where that treatment falls within section 62(1)(a) or (b) (treatment immediately necessary to save the patient’s life or to prevent a serious deterioration in the patient’s condition).