The Director of Adult Social Service presented a report which examined the need for the Council to have a Panel of Members which would allow the Local Social Services Authority to use its power to discharge service-users under Section 23 (4) Mental Health Act 1983 who were subject to Guardianship under Section 7 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

RESOLVED - That

(1)  a Panel of three or more Members be set up to hear requests to discharge service-users, subject to Guardianship upon the application of a professional responsible for their care; and

(2)  Panel members be appointed from those who currently sit on the Health and Well-Being Overview and Scrutiny Committee.