Forensic Mental Health Patient

A Forensic Mental Health Patient is a PATIENT being treated by a Forensic Mental Health Service.

Description

A Forensic Mental Health Patient is someone in the following categories:

Not guilty by reason of mental illness: a PERSON subject to a special verdict who has been found not guilty by reason of mental illness and detained in a hospital, Prison or other place, or who has been granted release into the community conditionally
Unfit for trial: a PERSON who has been found unfit to be tried for the offences with which they have been charged
Limiting term: a PERSON who has been given a limiting term following a special hearing and has been detained in a mental health facility, Prison or other place, or who has been granted conditional release
Transferees: a PERSON who has been transferred from a Prison to a mental health facility whilst on remand or following conviction of a criminal offence and whilst serving a sentence of imprisonment

This NHS business definition is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
Plural	Forensic Mental Health Patients

Type	Link	How used
NHS Business Definition	Five Forensic Pathways	references in description Forensic Mental Health Patient
NHS Business Definition	Forensic Learning Disability Service	references in description Forensic Mental Health Patient
NHS Business Definition	Forensic Mental Health Care Cluster	references in description Forensic Mental Health Patient
NHS Business Definition	Forensic Mental Health Patient	references in description Forensic Mental Health Patient