{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-units-use-of-force-act-2018/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-units-use-of-force-act-2018/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/27",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-units-use-of-force-act-2018",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Annual report by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each calendar year, the Secretary of State—\n(a) must conduct a review of any reports made under paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 that were published during that year relating to the death of a patient as a result of the use of force in a mental health unit by staff who work in that unit, and\n(b) may conduct a review of any other findings made during that year relating to the death of a patient as a result of the use of force in a mental health unit by staff who work in that unit.\n(2) Having conducted a review under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must publish a report that includes the Secretary of State's conclusions arising from that review.\n(3) The Secretary of State may delegate the conduct of a review under subsection (1) and the publication of a report under subsection (2).\n(4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) “other findings” include, in relation to the death of a patient as a result of the use of force in a mental health unit, any finding or determination that is made—\n(a) by the Care Quality Commission as the result of any review or investigation conducted by the Commission, or\n(b) by a relevant health organisation as the result of any investigation into a serious incident.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/27/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:39.221184+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}