Preliminary Findings Report - Advance Statements Under the Mental Health Act 2014

In 2017 the MHLC partnered with RMIT University to explore consumer’s experience of using Advance Statements. They found that people completed their Advance Statements for two main reasons; to authorise future treatment or to limit the power of their treating team, and those who had used, or tried to use, their Advance Statement reported a lack of acceptance or inclusion from clinicians.