“undesirable events”, within the department in which it occurred, in order to prevent any reoccurrence and to provide all concerned with the necessary peace of mind. In a certain number of cases observed, the directors of the institutions concerned also showed themselves singularly irresolute with regard to the way to handle the situation. Sometimes, persons alleged to have committed offences are advised to make themselves scarce for a while, for example by taking a holiday, and nothing more. Suspensions are little used and disciplinary measures still less. The victim is scarcely taken care of. In a largely established case of rape of a female patient, the latter had to carry out the procedures for the making of a criminal complaint herself, a procedure which is still more painful and difficult for a person with mental health problems, if one may be permitted to speak in this manner, than for persons in good health. The solidarities shown between professionals can be understood. However, the management is there in order to ensure compliance with sound principles of behaviour. There is often too much hesitation to actively participate in the search for the truth, to resolutely remove suspected persons from the department and, once guilt has been established, to take the necessary disciplinary measures. Managers should, on the one hand, make sure that persons are suspended when the acts with which they are charged are liable to recur and, on the other hand, contribute actively to the completion of investigations making it possible to establish the truth. The protection of the fundamental rights of patients can only be secured at this price, which is sometimes high, but which it is important to pay. 2.5.3 Other observations and recommendations made with regard to hospitalisation without consent Many of the remarks which follow echo those made in previous reports. This persistence is attributable in part to the fact that, so far, few follow-up inspections (second inspections) have been carried out in psychiatric hospitals. The findings of the initial reports therefore predominate. It is, however, to be regretted that the recommendations consistently sent by the Contrôleur général have scarcely received any response from the regional public health authorities and departments of the central administration, notwithstanding the fact that the institutions themselves are often attentive. 2.5.3.1 Patients’ Rights Notification of new arrivals of their rights of remedy against measures applied to them, along with the concrete resources that can ensure the effectiveness of such proceedings, still leaves a great deal to be desired. Admittedly the question is difficult, involving patients who often arrive in hospital in various forms of delirious stages 171. Again, admittedly, the question has perhaps become less acute since the Act of 5th July 2011, which introduces a mechanism providing for the intervention of a judge in the case of all “full time” hospitalisations without consent, at the end of a period of fifteen days at the latest. It has nonetheless lost none of its importance. The period that may elapse between the time of admission and the moment when the person recovers the means of understanding a notification often makes the latter’s imperative character disappear, all the more so in cases where the patient has been transferred to a different unit in the meantime. It is therefore recommended that notification forms should follow patients in all of their transfers within institutions, as from their arrival, and that these should be jointly completed by the patients as soon as “their state allows” and the staff. 171 The law (article L.3211-3 of the public health code) provides that persons shall be informed of their legal position and rights and of the possibilities of remedy open to them “on admission or as soon as their condition allows”. 74