Mental Health Review Board
The Mental Health Review Board (MHRB) hears appeals regarding specific aspects of the admission or treatment of a patient in a psychiatric facility.
The MHRB holds hearings within their 21-day legislated mandate and renders decisions in a timely manner.
In 2019/2020, MHRB processed 337 applications for review.
- 185 hearings were scheduled, 88 were heard
- 60 hearings were by application
- 28 hearings were set automatically as required by legislation
Decisions were rendered independently by MHRB, who provided the rationale to all parties following each hearing.
- Applications that did not proceed to a hearing were largely the result of the patient:
- being discharged from hospital
- withdrawing their application
- having a change of status, resolving the issue, or having made an application regarding issues that did not actually apply to them
