| 1. | A community treatment order lasts six months and can be renewed if needed.
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| 2. | The revised Mental Health Act makes provision for community treatment orders ( CTOs ).
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| 3. | The Board will review community treatment order every year whether the patient requests it or not.
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| 4. | The AMHP is also an important healthcare professional when making decisions under guardianship or community treatment orders.
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| 5. | Section 29 is a Community Treatment Order, and the Act states that this should be applied for.
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| 6. | In his later years he was a diagnosed schizophrenic under a community treatment order which allowed forced medical treatment as an outpatient.
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| 7. | A person on a community treatment order has the right to see a rights advisor and to appeal to the Consent and Capacity Board.
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| 8. | Community treatment orders can be used in the first instance or after a period of admission to hospital as a voluntary / involuntary patient.
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| 9. | The other involved the introduction of community treatment orders ( CTOs ) to make it possible to treat people against their wishes in the community.
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| 10. | In Australia they are also called community treatment orders and last for a maximum of twelve months but can be renewed after review by a tribunal.
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