Documents
All forms have been updated for the Mental Health Act, 2007 and are available as Adobe Acrobat reader PDF files:
Additional Mental Health Act 2007 forms can be accessed from the Mental Health legislation page on the NSW Ministry of Health website. This site also contain translated versions of the Statement of Rights.
Additional information can also be found in the laset edition of the Mental Health Act Guidebook : The Guidebook provides clear and practical information about procedures and issues to be considered in implementing the Mental Health Act 2007.
General:
Application Forms
- Application for Hearing (excluding CTOs)
- Application for Hearing - CTOs
- Application for Issuing a Summons
- Application form for hearing to proceed in absence of patient or affected person
Information and Guidelines
- Guideline - The role of the MHRT in relation to treatment
- A Brief Guide
- Information Sheet - Involuntary Patient Orders
- Flowchart for Appeals Against Refusal to Discharge
- Guidelines for the Nomination of Authorised Medical Officers
- Voluntary Patients - Frequently Asked Questions
- Carers and the Mental Health Act 2007
NSW Health Forms
- Application by Patient for Discharge
- Application by Designated Carer or Principal Care Provider for Discharge
- Appeal by Patient against a Refusal to Discharge (Form 3)
- Appeal Against Refusal to Discharge By person other than Patient (Form 4)
- Schedule 3 - Statement of Rights
- Schedule 3A - Statement of Rights for Voluntary Patients
Self Report Form
Forensic Patients
- Application for Hearing
- Forensic Patient Information Sheet
- Ministry of Health Policy Directive: Forensic Mental Health Services
- Notice of Intent
- Notice of Potential Breach or Deterioration in Mental Health (online form)
- Application for Travel - Forensic Patients
- Forensic CTOs
- Applying for a Forensic CTO - Information Kit
- Application form for a Forensic Community Treatment Order (FCTO)
- Application for a Variation or Revocation of a Forensic CTO
- Notice and Service of FCTO Variation
- Notice of Revocation of a Forensic CTO
- Notice of Enforcement of Treatment under a Forensic CTO
Mental Health Inquiries
- Procedural Flowchart
- Form 1 - s27/27A - Clinical report as to mental state of a detained person
- Statement of Rights after a Mental Health Inquiry
- Form 2 - Notice of Mental Health Inquiry
- Your Rights After the Mental Health Inquiry
- Notice to Detained Person of Mental Health Inquiry
- Mental Health Inquiries List - PDF
- Mental Health Inquiries List - Editable PDF
Community Treatment Orders
Download and complete the following documents to send to the affected person:
Download and complete the following documents to send to the Tribunal:
Information and Guidelines
- Practice Direction
- Workflow for Community Teams
- Guidelines for CTOs
- Information Sheet for Patients
- Flowchart for Breach of a Community Treatment Order
Other Tribunal Application Forms
NSW Health Forms
- Notice to patient of breach of Community Treatment Order
- Breach Order for Community Treatment Order
- Notice to Tribunal of decision to revoke or not to apply for a further Community Treatment Order
- Notice to Designated Carer or Principal Care Provider of changes to or decision to revoke a Community Treatment Order
Eating Disorders
- Guide to Eating Disorder Treatment Plan Template
- Eating Disorder Treatment Plan Template
- Information Sheet: Treatment options for Anorexia
Financial Management Orders
- Information Sheet - Financial Management Orders
- Application to Revoke a Financial Management Order
- Information Sheet for Revocation of a Financial Management Order
- Draft Notice of Proceedings – Application for a Financial Management Order
- Confirmation of Service of Notice - Application for a Financial Management Order
- Draft Notice of Proceedings - Review of Interim Financial Management Order
- Confirmation of Service of Notice- Review of Interim Financial Management Order
Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT)
Application Forms, Guidelines and Information
- Information Sheet - Electro Convulsive Treatment
- ECT Practice Direction
- Application for ECT Determination
- Summary ECT Flowchart
NSW Health Forms
- Notification of ECT– Voluntary Patients
- Notification of ECT– Involuntary Patients
- Notification of ECT - Persons under the age of 16
- Patient Consent Form for ECT
ECT Certificates
- Certificates for Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) - Editable PDF
- Certificates for Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT)
Surgery and Special Medical Treatment
- Consent for Surgery Flowchart
- Medical Consent Regimes Table
- Notification to Designated Carer or Principal Care Provider of Emergency Surgery
- Notification to Designated Carer or Principal Care Provider of Emergency Surgery for a Forensic or Correctional Patient
- Notice to Tribunal of Emergency Surgery
- Notice to Tribunal of Emergency Surgery for a Forensic or Corrctional Patient
- Notification to Designated Carer of proposed surgical operation
- Decision of Designated Carer in respect of proposed surgical operation
- Notification to Principal Care Provider of proposed surgical operation
- Notification to Designated Carer or Principal Care Provider of proposed special medical treatment
- Application to the Secretary for consent to surgical operation
Civil Hearing Kit
- Section 1 Involuntary Detention in a Mental Health Facility, Mental Health Inquiries and Reviews of Involuntary Patients
- Section 2 Review of Voluntary Patients
- Section 3 Appeal Against the Authorised Medical Officer's Refusal to Discharge a Patient
- Section 4 Applying for a Community Treatment Order
- Section 5 Applying for and Revoking Financial Management Orders
- Section 6 Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT)
- Section 7 Applying for Consent to Surgery or Special Medical Treatment
Reports on Involuntary Admissions
- Form 9 – Involuntary Admissions (pdf)
- Form 9 - Involuntary Admissions (online)