Mary Henry (Independent)

I move amendment No. 79:

In page 13, line 17, to delete "the consultant psychiatrist" and substitute "the approved medical officer".

I am at a loss to understand why the term "consultant psychiatrist" is used sometimes and the term "the approved medical officer" is used other times, when the approved medical officer is in fact a consultant psychiatrist within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001. Does this mean we are accepting, in the situations where the term "consultant psychiatrist" is written, someone who is not a person who is described as a consultant psychiatrist under the Mental Health Act 2001?