In 2017, the law of England and Wales changed – section 136 Mental Health Act 1983 was amended by the Police and Crime Act 2017 and that change came in to effect in early December of 2017.  At the time this happened, I was the College of Policing’s national mental health coordinator and it was […]

I did some CPD for mental health leads in acute trusts recently and in one of the questions which came up, I was asked something I’ve never been asked before – I didn’t realise it was a “thing” as the yoof might say.  One acute trust MH lead asked me about police officers bringing Mental […]

On the 1st October this year, the Home Office released its latest figures about the police use of section 136 Mental Health Act 1983 and I’m trying hard to not exaggerate when I say it was really quite breath-taking to read.  It was incredible, unbelievable and confusing all at once, and for one reason in […]