Objectives
The following objectives are critical to the way in which the Board conducts its reviews.

The Board will in each review seek to ensure that:

1. Maximum respect and dignity is given to the patient being reviewed (and to family members when they are present) and to all other participants in the review;
2. Respect is accorded to members of the treating team, acknowledging their general competence and concern for the patient;
3. Active steps are taken to avoid or at least minimise patient distress occasioned by the review;
4. Consistency is maintained and optimised in its processes, in order to facilitate patient and mental health service understanding of the Board and its statutory obligations and requirements;
5. The efficiency and timeliness of each review is optimised, in order to balance:
   (i) the need to properly review the order pertaining to each patient; and
   (ii) the need to minimise patient distress and discomfort caused by the review process itself.