Children put at ‘unnecessary risk’ under proposals to overhaul mental health law

Speaking in the House of Lords, Lady Berridge said: “This amendment 34 will ensure that the AMHP, an approved mental health practitioner, appointing the nominated person for a child who lacks competence must appoint as the nominated person, either the special guardian, when the family court has ordered one, or the parent with whom the child lives, under a child’s arrangement order.”