This morning’s headline in The Times is a complete stunner – NHS abuse of mental patients ‘endemic’ (£).  Already, early on the day of publication, we have various commentators running off down various routes, from Professor Louis Appleby bemoaning a ‘harmful media bandwagon’, to individual mental health professionals pointing out that the words ‘mental patients’ are […]

Today, the head of the Family Division has handed down a judgment containing some of the most extraordinary language I’ve ever known a senior judge to use, questioning whether the issues before him mean we can lay claim to being a civilised society and warning that we may soon “have blood on our hands.” WOW! […]

The police have been rolling out body worn video (BWV) for many years now.  You will notice, if you look at 999 response officers on patrol, many of them have two devices hanging from the upper portion of their protective vests: one of them is usually their police radio, the other, slightly smaller device is […]