NB: If you are after quick information about legal powers for cross-border absconding between UK countries, there is now a Quick Guide to Cross Border Returns available on this, with legal references. We’ve previously covered the topic of cross-border returns where a patient subject to Scottish mental health law moves across the border to England […]

The inquest after the sad death of Daniel Lyle has prompted a Preventing Future Deaths report from the Inner London coroner about police training.  Daniel died after falling from height whilst experiencing a psychotic episode and this occurred whilst an operational police officer was attempting to talk to Daniel and bring the matter to a […]

Here is a list of legal powers in the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) enjoyed solely by the police and which are required in a number of situations where there may be no violence or crime and where there may be no immediate risk to life — Section 136 MHA – a power which can […]