Would you say this means this person has been barred from hospital admissions

[Whythough88]

As as far as I was concerned they aren’t meant to speculate about future assessments

No. Is about this time and place.
Does not prevent a different decision in future.
Do you want to be admitted?

No, it means an admission was not appropriate at the time of that assessment.

No, it means that was their decision at that time. In my experience they will always try and treat you at home wherever possible.

Do you feel comfortable expanding a little on what's going on for you?

In-patient admission was not recommended for whatever mental condition it was that you went to see them for. They are not going to admit you unless circumstances change - if the community health team decided that your condition had worsened, then of course the doctors could re-assess the situation. That letter does not in any way preclude future admissions. Equally, if you were run over in the way home and broke your leg, of course they would admit you!

No, they're just trying to tell you how they came to the decision they made and what the rules were that made them decide that an admission wasn't appropriate.

If your mental health changes and you or someone else asks for a new assessment of your condition, they would go through the same process, looking at the current situation.

Section 136 only allows someone to be detained for a maximum of 72 hours, until they are properly assessed. So once it was decided that you didn't need to be admitted to hospital, they had to release you.

It means that the critera for detention under the MHA was not met at the time of assessment, nor was informal admission considered to be necessary/appropriate at that time. It has no bearing on any future needs that may arise.

Agree with everyone else. It's just giving the rationale for the current decision.
Is it the mention of ongoing care from community services that is concerning you? I read that as meaning "We don't think you need hospital admission right now but there will still be care for you from the community team" rather than saying that care will only ever be in the community. I'm sure if things change there'll be some kind of reassessment. I hope things improve soon.

I agree with the others, they have decided that you do not meet the criteria at this assessment but that does not mean that if things change, you wouldn’t get further assessments.
Seems very difficult to be sectioned these days. My MH team won’t visit me at home as they say I’m too dangerous yet they also will not call a MHAA. Utterly bizarre.

Not at all. It doesn’t say anything which is talking about the future.

What is happening now? Are you OK?

Where have they speculated about future. This is about status right now

@Whythough88 Are you ok? It’s difficult when you need help and feel you aren’t getting it, have you support?

There is nothing there speculating about the future. They are explaining that you did not meet the criteria to be detained at the time of assessment, and they also an informal admission was not appropriate at that time. That doesn't mean you're "barred" from future admissions.

No,it means the person did not meet the criteria for further detention (s2 s3) and is time specific. It does not mean they are 'barred'from accessing nhs services including mental health.