DEMONSTRATORS held a candlelit protest at proposed changes to the Mental Health Act.
Members of Redcar Mind mounted a vigil under the town clock in central Redcar last night.
They are concerned that powers in the new draft Mental Health Bill could mean more people suffering mental health problems being compulsorily detained - while discouraging others from seeking help.
They made their protest on the same day a Commons Committee took its final day of evidence for the new Bill.
Sharon Street, director of the Redcar group, said: "Although our organisation supports some aspects of the draft Bill, I am particularly concerned that more people will be forced to stay in hospital and receive treatment without their consent because the Bill broadens the definition of who can come within its compulsory provisions.''
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