Mental Health Bill [HL]

I do not accept that because if we think about some of the circumstances of care that one is providing for individuals, the deprivation of liberty might be in order to ensure that they are secure and safe—one can think not only of elderly patients who may suffer from dementia but also, for example, those with severe learning difficulties perhaps on the extreme end of the autistic spectrum—and be classified in a range of ways: to ensure that they are able to socialise; to eat effectively; to be able to go outside properly; and so on. I do not think that it is about the quality of the care being negative but about ensuring that patients obtain the highest quality care.