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Much of the evidence that we have taken has been based on rural issues, and we have visited rural areas—I visited the Western Isles—as part of the lead-up to the inquiry.
In cases in which the patient is over 16, the family can be barred from visiting their relative. I was barred from visiting a patient by a psychiatrist, who would not tell me the grounds for barring me.