Lessons Learned?

His Majesty’s Coroner for Lincolnshire has issued a new Preventing Future Death report after the death in 2021 of Mr Robert GRACEY.  As many of you know, I’m reading a lot of PFD notices at the moment because my ongoing research is examining them and Mr Gracey’s case became the 157th PFD I’ve found for […]

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Legally Nonsensical

Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) is a practising barrister, a visiting professor of law at King’s College, London and was the legal advisor to the 2018 Mental Health Act review.  It’s fair to say he knows his mental health and capacity law onions and has had opportunity to demonstrate this in all the courts of […]

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Scottish Handovers in ED

The Chief Constable of Police Scotland recently appeared before the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament and her comments about mental health demands and body worn video led to coverage in the “1919” magazine, a publication funded by the Scottish Police Federation. Specifically, Chief Constable Jo Farrell said the impending roll-out of body worn video […]

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