Striking a Balance

Those of you who have read this blog since it began will know how often I’ve bemoaned the fact we keep reading and hearing the same things said over and over again in cycles which last over a decade. When the Bradley Review (a wider ranging review of mental health and criminal justice, 2009) it […]

Voluntary to ED

I continue to read the website of the Chief Coroner, where Preventing Future Death (PFD) reports are published and came across the recent notice after the inquest for Mr Anthony Preston, in Essex. Many PFDs raise similar issues and I’ve written before about what PFDs are and collated many of those which I think are relevant […]

Attention to Details

Worth reflecting on a few issues to do with the return, recall or revocation of those patients who are absent without leave (AWOL) or liable to be detained, under the Mental Health Act 1983. I’ve had a number of queries, questions and quandaries in that last few weeks so I thought a post on it […]