A Court can order a person who has been convicted of a crime to which the sentence would be imprisonment to hospital for treatment instead, if they have a mental disorder which is of a nature or degree that needs treatment in hospital. This is known as a Section 37 Hospital Order.
I am Dr Beth Colby, a psychiatrist in London.
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