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The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland is an independent organisation with a range of duties under mental health and incapacity law. It enquires into cases of alleged ill treatment or deficiency of care or treatment, with investigations that include visits to alleged victims in hospitals and community settings. The commission are accountable to the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates for their statutory duties and how they spend public money.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About us: who are we )〕 As such it is required to follow NHS accounting rules and meet NHS financial targets. ==Legal framework== It has statutory duties that are established to safeguard the interests of people considered to be mentally disordered or incapacitated under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 or the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who we are and what we do )〕 The Scottish Executive's introduction to the Act specifies: "Part 2 of the 2003 Act sets out provisions relating to the continued existence of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. The Commission will have: * new duties to monitor the operation of the Act and to promote best practice; * specific powers and duties in relation to carrying out visits to patients, investigations, interviews and medical examinations, and to inspect records; and * powers and duties to publish information and guidance, and to give advice or bring matters to the attention of others in the mental health law system. These powers and duties should enable the Commission to maintain and develop its vital role in protecting the rights of service users, and in promoting the effective operation of mental health law. Schedule 1 of the Act sets out more detail on the membership, organisation and general powers of the Commission and makes provision for regulations to specify some matters in more detail, if necessary." () The same act also set up the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland, which hears appeals against detentions and applications for compulsory treatment orders under the 2003 act. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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