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The cost of Mental Health Review Tribunals^*

Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS

^* The study was funded by the Department of Health. The views expressed are the authors' own.

There has been a substantial increase in the number of Mental Health Review Tribunals (MHRTs) and hence the cost of administering the tribunal system. We report an estimate of the cost of MHRTs taking account, for the first time, of both direct and indirect costs to the various government departments. We estimate that the total cost is currently £12,274,380 per annum.

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