NB: on 2nd June 2026, the UK Supreme Court issued a new judgment in the “AGoNI Reference” which sets aside Cheshire West with immediate effect and re-determines what a “deprivation of liberty” is, for the purposes of British domestics laws. This article is therefore no longer reflective of current law. At some stage in early […]

I’m not sure how many inquiries and thematic reviews in to public services have ended up focussing on clear communication and information exchange – this has certainly been said during investigations and inquests where the police became involved in mental health incidents. There more than are a few situations where clarity of communication between organisations […]

A number of discussions on social media recently have raised the idea that involvement of the police in some mental health situations where there is no crime, (or serious risk / threat to life) can be ‘useful’ for what I will call, promoting cooperation. This post is prompted by a discussion which resulted from a […]