A Mental Health Responsible Clinician is a CARE PROFESSIONAL.

A Mental Health Responsible Clinician is a CARE PROFESSIONAL acting as the clinical supervisor for a Hospital Provider Spell.

There will be only one CARE PROFESSIONAL assigned to a PATIENT as the Mental Health Responsible Clinician at any one time. These assignments may change during the course of a Hospital Provider Spell, though not necessarily at the time of a Care Programme Approach Review.

The role of Mental Health Responsible Clinician was introduced in the Mental Health Act 2007 and replaces the role of the Responsible Medical Officer.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Mental Health Responsible Clinicians