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High Court grants an application to transfer an individual, detained under mental health legislation, with moderate intellectual disability and autism from an acute hospital unit to a more suitable residential setting, on the grounds that the acute hospital setting is inappropriate for the individual's needs and that the residential unit would provide a more suitable environment for care and potential improvement.
Health Service Executive - intellectual disability - autism spectrum disorder - acute hospital unit - residential setting - Mental Health Act 2001 - Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 - detention - transfer, restraint - sedation - medication - capacity assessment - therapeutic rationale - constitutional rights - safeguards - court reviews.
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