The Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2025), which received royal assent in December 2025, marks a significant moment of change in mental health care reform.
Many of the issues highlighted in this year’s report support the key drivers for change – including poor patient experience, racial disparities in detentions and community treatment orders, and the particular disadvantages felt by autistic people and people with a learning disability.
This report uses a range of findings, including from 635 MHA monitoring visits carried out during 2024/25, conversations with 3,642 patients and family members, carers or support staff as well as interviews with people who have lived experience of being detained under the MHA or those who care for them. It also incorporates improvement actions the CQC requested providers make based on concerns found on visits.
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