Therapeutic Security

We heard news last Thursday (24th January) a mental health patient had been moved from one hospital to another – transferred under s19 MHA, if you must know. It’s hardly headline stuff and yet it reached the BBC News website and people were interviewed about this. I’m not sure how much more newsworthy that would […]

The Partnership Paradox

The more you ‘solve’ the short-term problem, with what might be considered a temporary or quick fix, the less incentive there is to solve the underlying long-term issue. I have been caused to think about this at least three times in the last week, following situations I’ve had to discuss at work or by email. […]

Adventures in 136 Land

Imagine this: you’re the police officer attending an incident where, despite your best efforts to do something different, you have no choice but to detain someone under s136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. You considered street triage, you called family and ultimately felt there was no other way, consistent with keeping this person safe […]