Against orders less than three months there is no appeal. This is very heavy indeed for people most of whom will have committed no crime. Additionally part of the compulsory care plan may require someone to attend a Day Centre or other social care facility. That of course is a new tax on vulnerable people. But the stigma, fear and inconvenience of this interference in our lives is as nothing compared with the so-called treatments that will be forced upon people in the community.
Neuroleptics help some people but in some they cause death.
ECT also helps some people but often causes profound brain damage and memory loss. Without medical support and monitoring such treatments when given to people living in the community will inevitably lead to an increase in death-rates. For good reason too, since forcing medication on prisoners used to be thought to be so liable to abuse it could not be allowed. They may now be assessed under the new act and treated either in hospital or in prison. The net effect of this may be the end of time-limited sentences for some, and the end of parole for others.