This inquiry, chaired by His Honour Peter Fallon QC, investigated allegations by a former patient about misuse of drugs and alcohol, financial irregularities, possible paedophile activity, and the availability of pornographic material on the Unit. The full text of the inquiry's report, published January 1999, is available here on the Stationery Office's Official Documents site.

The Care Quality Commission regulates all health and adult social care in England, and protects the rights of people detained under the Mental Health Act. Established under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, it replaced the Commission for Social Care Inspection, the Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission on 1 April 2009. The site provides background information, consultations, guidance and other documents, including key publications of the bodies it replaced.

The Court of Protection makes decisions in relation to the property and affairs, and healthcare and personal welfare, of adults who lack the capacity to make decisions for themselves. This section of the Justice portal site provides information on the court, including procedural rules and an external link to practice directions.

The Department of Health is responsible for government policy on health, adult social care and the National Health Service in England. (In the rest of the UK these responsibilities fall to the devolved governments.) This section of the GOV.UK web site provides access to information on the department's activities, policies, publications, announcements, consultations and statistics, and to information more widely across the whole government. Publications include recent letters and Local Authority Circulars: for older ones it may be necessary to search in the old Department of Health web site, which was last archived in February 2013 by the National Archives' UK Government Web Archive.

John Barrett was convicted in February 2005 of the manslaughter of Denis Finnegan on 2 September 2004, during a period when he had been receiving support from psychiatric and social services in south west London. An independent inquiry into his care and treatment, chaired by Robert Robinson, a solicitor, was commissioned by South West London Strategic Health Authority. Its report, published November 2006, may be downloaded here from the archived web site of the Authority's successor, NHS London. Several other reports of inquiries into mental health homicides in London are also available here.

This independent inquiry, chaired by Nigel Pleming QC, was concerned with the sexual abuse of psychiatric patients. It inquired into how NHS services in Yorkshire dealt with concerns raised about two consultant psychiatrists, Dr William Kerr and Mr Michael Haslam. The full report of the inquiry, published 18 July 2005, is accessible here on the Official Documents web site.

Mental health law in England and Wales is the subject of this internet resource, aimed primarily at mental health practitioners. The site was originally called Wiki Mental Health, having been created as a wiki by Jonathan Wilson, a solicitor specialising in this area of law. Each of the three main sections - case law, legislation and general information - includes commentary and links to sources. There is a free email updating service, with updates also posted on-site.

The Mental Health Lawyers Association (MHLA) represents approximately 80% of mental health practitioners in England and Wales. It is open to members of the Law Society's Mental Health Panel and, as associate members, to others such as barristers who practise in this field. Site content accessible by non-members includes lists of members, press releases and other documents. The monthly mental health law updates provided by Mental Health Law Online are also posted on the MHLA site, from April 2012 onwards.

The First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) is responsible for hearing applications or references relating to people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007) in England. Formerly known as the Mental Health Review Tribunal, it has since 3 November 2008 formed part of the First-tier Tribunal's Health, Education and Social Care Chamber. This section of the Justice portal site has forms, guidance leaflets and links to legislation.

The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (MHTS) began hearings in October 2005, when the main provisions of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 came into force. Its web site provides information on the Tribunal's role and organisation, including quarterly statistical reports on its activities and annual reports. The section "Legislation and Caselaw" has links to relevant legislation and full texts of court judgments in appeals against MHTS decisions.

The Mental Welfare Commission was set up to safeguard the rights of people in Scotland with mental illness or learning difficulties. It operates within the framework of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2000 and the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. The web site, whilst not reproducing those Acts as such, provides commentary, guidance, codes of practice, forms, reports of investigations and inquiries (anonymized), and annual reports. Legislation is provided via links to Legislation.gov.uk.

Michael Stone, who had a history of mental disorder, drug abuse and violence, was convicted in October 1998 of the murder of Lin and Megan Russell and the serious wounding of Josie Russell, on 9 July 1996. An independent inquiry into his care and treatment, chaired by Robert Francis QC, was completed in November 2000 but not published until September 2006. Its report (pdf) is available here on the archived NHS South of England web site.

This NHS Wales microsite provides information on the Mental Health Acts 1983 and 2007 in Wales, including guidance; booklets and leaflets; links to secondary legislation on the Legislation.gov.uk site; the Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice for Wales; information on the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales; forms; and training materials produced to support the implementation of the Mental Health Act 2007.

The Office of the Public Guardian provides legal protection for people in England and Wales who lack the capacity to make decisions for themselves. An executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, it was created under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, superseding the former Public Guardianship Office on 1 October 2007. Following the decommissioning of the Office's own web site the main function of this page on the Justice portal site is to provide links to relevant information elsewhere, particularly in the Justice section "Protecting the Vulnerable".

This Office was established by the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. It performs a supervisory role with regard to those appointed to exercise functions relating to the property and financial affairs of adults with incapacity. The web site provides forms, guides and codes of practice relating to powers of attorney, access to funds, interventions, guardianships and other matters.

This section of the Justice web site provides information on the role and work of the Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts, in areas that include child abduction and Court of Protection matters.

This is a section of the Justice portal site which provides guidance to those professionally involved with people who are unable to make decisions for themselves, including people with mental health conditions and children. It includes information on the roles of the Official Solicitor, the Public Trustee and the Court of Protection; the Mental Capacity Act 2005; forced labour and forced marriage; and care proceedings reform.

The Public Trustee is the official empowered to act, when appointed, as executor or trustee of the estate or affairs of certain individuals, including the mentally ill and other vulnerable persons. In this section of the Justice web site there are contact details, fees leaflets, and a list of statutes and rules relating to the Public Trustee's functions (though without links to texts).