The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2023] PTSR 1593
Supreme Court
Rex (Worcestershire County Council)
v
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
[2023] UKSC 31
2023 April 27;
Aug 10
Aug 10
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lord Richards JJSC
Local government— Community care services— Discharge of patient with mental health condition— Patient compulsorily detained in hospital over two separate periods in different local authority areas— Dispute as to which local authority responsible for provision of after-care services after second discharge— Whether original duty owed by local authority at time of first detention ceasing— Where patient “ordinarily resident” immediately before second detention— Whether ordinary residence rules for provision of after-care services congruent with those under Care Act 2014—
Mental Health Act 1983 (c 20), s 117(3) (as amended by Care Act 2014 (c 23), s 75)[1]
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Care Act 2014 (c 23), s 39(4)[2]