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Keep up to date with the latest news from the Mental Welfare Commission.

Find out about our most recent investigations, reports on hospital visits and the latest advice on mental health and adults with incapacity law.

For media enquiries about any of the issues we work on, please contact our communications team at mwc.communications@nhs.scot.

We cannot respond to out of hours enquiries. If you email us, we will respond to you during normal working hours.

Our news section dates from January 2016.

13 Mar, 2018

The Right to Advocacy - A review of advocacy planning across Scotland

1 Nov, 2017

More discussion needed on illnesses that are less well known

31 Oct, 2017

Guardianship orders rise by 12.5% in a year in Scotland

18 Oct, 2017

New figures show Scotland has highest rates of compulsory mental health treatment in 15 years

18 Oct, 2017

Further drop in number of young people with mental illness being treated in non-specialist wards

4 Oct, 2017

New report - Investigation into the care and treatment of Mr QR

30 Aug, 2017

Scotland's medium and low security forensic wards - good on care, but concerns over human rights

10 Aug, 2017

New report - Sharing to improve

2 Aug, 2017

Advice note - Changes to the Mental Health Act