Doctor advises medical practitioner who completed Form 3 and the Applicant who should consider an alternative plan

If the person is deemed not to meet the criteria for compulsory admission for assessment the doctor should immediately advise the medical practitioner who has made the initial medical recommendation Form 3. In this event and if the patient insists on leaving hospital, the doctor who made the medical recommendation for admission should, with the other professionals concerned, decide what action is needed to meet the person's needs, including the possible provision of other health and social care services, and decide how to implement that action.