Assessment Orders

An Assessment Order is a short-term Order enabling you to be assessed (without your informed consent) by an approved medical practitioner (generally, a psychiatrist) to:

• diagnose the condition of your mental health
• where necessary, to identify the most appropriate treatment.

An Assessment Order:

• may require you to be assessed at a particular place, such as a hospital or community mental health premises
• may require you to be detained in an approved facility for a short period of time for assessment
• may specify or provide for other matters (incidental to your assessment) that the medical practitioner making the Order considers necessary or desirable in the circumstances.
• cannot authorise your treatment.

Download more information about Assessment Orders under the Mental Health Act 2013